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11 September 2025

20th TourMIS Users’ Workshop & International Seminar 2025, Vienna, Austria

  • Event Date: 11th September 2025 to 12th September 2025
  • Host Destination: Austria Vienna

Jointly organised by City Destinations Alliance, the European Travel Commission, & Modul University Vienna, the workshop is aimed at city, regional, national, and international tourism organisations, as well as universities and companies from the hospitality and tourism industry. It is directed toward managers, academics, as well as consultants and representatives of governments and international organisations…

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Hallstatt: Austrian Town Protests Against Mass Tourism

From BBC News: Locals in the Austrian town of Hallstatt have taken part in a protest against mass tourism. Hallstatt, which is a World Heritage Site, has just over 700 inhabitants – but gets up to as many as 10,000 visitors a day during high season. Residents are calling for limits on the number of…

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How EASL Took its Annual Congress into the Classroom

Medical conferences convene hundreds, often thousands, of doctors and scientists in one city. But their expertise is seldom heard outside the conference centre. They exchange knowledge and best practice peer-to-peer, using technical language non-experts would find bewildering, in lectures, workshops, panel discussions and poster presentations. The end goal is to improve patient outcomes in the…

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Congress will Shape the Future of Liver Research & Patient Care

The EASL Congress 2023, which took place in Vienna from 21st to 24th June, brought together around 7,000 experts, researchers, and healthcare professionals from around the world to share insights and advancements in liver research and clinical practice. From the innovative sessions and workshops to the engaging ‘meet the expert’ sessions, attendees were immersed in…

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7 September 2023

CityDNA | 18th TourMIS Users’ Workshop & International Seminar 2023, Vienna

  • Event Date: 7th September 2023 to 8th September 2023
  • Host Destination: Austria Vienna

The 18th TourMIS Users’ Workshop & International Seminar will be hosted in Vienna, September 7-8, 2023. It is organised jointly by City Destinations Alliance, the European Travel Commission & Modul University Vienna and is aimed at city, regional, national, and international tourism organizations, as well as universities and companies from the hospitality and tourism industry. It is directed toward managers,…

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PCMA Convening EMEA Held in Vienna

The second annual Convening EMEA conference, organised by Iceberg partner PCMA (Professional Convention Managers Association), has been held in Vienna at Messe Wien Exhibition Congress Center. The omnichannel event gathered about 400 sector professionals in person and virtually. Sustainability was a significant running theme. From Association Meetings International…

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United States First in 2021’s ICCA Rankings

The USA performed better than any other country in hosting events of international associations last year, according to the ICCA Rankings 2021. Spain came second, then Germany, France and Italy. The country listings were released after the city results already posted, along with the publication of the report’s public abstract. From Association Meetings International…

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Vienna Leads 2021’s ICCA Rankings

ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) rankings just posted saw destination Vienna reclaim the top spot worldwide for the first time since 2012. The 2021 Iceberg partner survey attributed 92 congresses to Vienna, with Lisbon second (91) and Athens third (66). Barcelona and Singapore are next, then Madrid, Prague, Paris, Berlin and Brussels. From Meetings International…

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Vienna Waits for You: Conference Supports Elderly Bakers’ Café

Jaimé Bennett, PCMA’s Regional Director of EMEA, was taken on a tour during her site visit to Vienna earlier this year. The aim was to find places Convening EMEA participants could explore during the meeting. One was a café which helps older residents augment their pensions and social lives through baking. From PCMA…

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Advancing Women’s Rights: The Business Events that Mattered

International Women’s Day, which has now been marked for over a century, offers the opportunity to remember the key conferences and other events that have helped move the needle on women’s rights. The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women (pictured) in Beijing, China, featured participation by future Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. From PCMA…

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8 September 2022

CDA | 17th TourMIS Users’ Workshop & International Seminar 2022, Vienna

  • Event Date: 8th September 2022 to 9th September 2022
  • Host Destination: Austria Vienna

The 17th TourMIS Users’ Workshop & International Seminar on the Future of the Business Travel Following the COVID-19 Pandemic “Unlocking the Secrets for a Sustainable Transition” will be hosted in Vienna, September 8-9, 2022. It is organised by City Destinations Alliance, the European Travel Commission, MODUL University Vienna & UNWTO and is aimed at city, regional, national, and international tourism organizations,…

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Global Destination Sustainability Index 2021

The GDS-Index is a performance improvement programme to make the business and leisure tourism industry more sustainable. In a collaborative effort it supports destination management organisations and convention bureaux to adopt, promote and recognise responsible and regenerative practices. Iceberg partner the Global Destination Sustainability Movement evaluates four key areas that it believes are vital to…

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European Conferences May Need COVID Pass

Delegates hoping to attend an association conference in Europe may be asked to produce a “COVID pass” as more governments impose restrictions on unvaccinated people meeting indoors. The rapid spread of the Delta variant has spooked leaders kickstarting their battered economies while protecting the gains made by the vaccines. From Association Meetings International…

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9 September 2021

ECM 16th TourMIS Users’ Workshop & International Seminar 2021, Vienna

  • Event Date: 9th September 2021 to 10th September 2021
  • Host Destination: Austria Vienna

This year’s topic is on Consumer Trends and Changes in Travel, Before and After the Pandemic. Directed toward managers, academics, as well as consultants and representatives of governments and international organizations dealing with tourism, participants are invited to register for both days or can choose to participate in just one event. Thursday, September 9 will be…

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Vienna Announces €4m Fund for Meetings

  • Published: 24th June 2021
  • Host Destination: Vienna

Vienna is allocating its tourist board and convention bureau with another €4 million to support national and international planners of meetings held in the capital until the end of 2023, and offering up to €60,000 per event. For the first time the money is available to corporate conferences and hybrid events. From Meetings International…

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Austria Center Vienna Hosts 113,000 Tests

  • Published: 6th February 2021
  • Host Destination: Austria

The Austria Center Vienna is the nation’s largest COVID-19 testing facility. Over two weeks before the holiday break, around 113,000 rapid tests were conducted at the venue. Heavy demand meant increasing the number of testing lanes (both walk-in and drive-in), with up to twenty now available. From Conference & Meetings World…

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Austria Offers €300m Meetings Protection

Organisers hosting their meetings in Vienna through 2021 and 2022 will be covered by Austria’s government if there are COVID cancellations or restrictions. The protective umbrella has been welcomed by the Vienna Convention Bureau. Other markets either have similar schemes or else are campaigning for them. From Meetings & Incentive Travel…

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Five CVBs Discuss the Intellectual Capital Destination Role

The pandemic has questioned the role of the meetings industry and the function destinations now play. Five European convention bureaux, part of an informal alliance, share perspectives on how emerging as intellectual capitals may be key to staying relevant beyond the crisis: Glasgow, Copenhagen, Vienna, Brussels and Barcelona. From Boardroom…

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Antigen Tests Support Vienna Conference

  • Published: 18th November 2020
  • Host Destination: Vienna

The Vienna Tourist Board has been celebrating the success of its recent Vienna Tourism Conference, which welcomed more than 200 in-person guests and over 1,000 virtually. This was the first on location meeting the organisation had held since the start of the pandemic, with strict health and safety protocols in place. From Association Meetings International…

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Austria’s Labour Law Conference Chooses Not to Go Virtual

  • Published: 17th November 2020
  • Host Destination: Salzburg

For 55 years the Austrian Society for Labour Law and Social Law has held its annual conference in Salzburg. This year proved no different. The conference was postponed from April until October to make sure it could be live under the belief that unrecorded public speaking is freer and “off-the-cuff”. From Association Meetings International…

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COVID-19 Rapid Testing Insights Posted

After “overwhelming” interest, the Austria Center Vienna has published key findings of its COVID-19 testing pilot at a September 16th and 17th event. Each test took approximately 30 seconds with results delivered in six to ten minutes. Out of the 2,000 rapid tests taken, five were positive. From Meetings & Incentive Travel…

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