

Sustainability has become an increasingly important theme for cities and different rankings exist on this, notably, the Green City Index from Siemens, the Sustainable Cities Index from Arcadis and the Global Green Economy Index from Dual Citizen. In the Meetings Industry (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) (MICE sector), the number of association meetings is a key indicator, with the two most important rankings provided by UIA (Union of International Associations) and ICCA (International Congress and Conference Association), each with a different scope.Ĭity brand image and reputation is evaluated by two consultancy offices The Reputation Institute via the City RepTrack and Anholt-Gfk with the City Brand Index. Euromonitor’s Top 100 City Destination Ranking and MasterCard’s Global Destination Cities Index also provide destination rankings, not only for Europe, but for cities all over the world. ECM’s Benchmarking report contains regularly updated destination rankings according to arrivals and bednights (available on the ECM Intranet).

A simple Google search on “city ranking” gives 363 million results! It may be interesting to consider some of them that are useful to our activities… A selection is provided below, with links to the ranking or information page.Įuropean Cities Marketing (ECM) is one of the leading specialist providers of European city rankings.


In our business, there are many rankings about cities. We do this systematically by using rankings. No surprise then that in the professional world, we also want to compare ourselves to others. We compare our height and weight, our salaries, our cars, our homes, the success of our children… and it’s totally normal. There is no doubt that comparison is an important element of our lives.
