This confirms that the exponential growth in the number of meetings continues, having slowly reduced in the past 5-10 years into a more mature, yet still solid growth pattern.
London maintains its number five slot in the city rankings. Extending its lead on sixth placed Singapore from two to 17 and reduced the gap to fourth placed Berlin from 23 to eight. The United Kingdom consolidated last year’s third spot in the country rankings for 2017.
Excel London has hosted some exceptional meetings in 2017 including SAGE Summit, SAP SuccessConnect and Adobe Summit. The return of Salesforce World Tour, Amazon Web Summit and Huawei Global Mobile Broadband Forum in 2018 and Sibos in 2019 are testament to the growth witnessed in the sector.