*2020 data include physical, hybrid, and virtual meetings.
**IAPCO is the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers. In 2020, it represented 139 member companies comprised of over 10,273 meeting professionals (congress organizers, meeting planners, managers of international and national congresses, conventions, and special events) from 40 countries.
2016: number of company members = 114
2017: number of company members = 116
2018: number of company members = 133
2019: number of company members = 135
Figures prior to 2019 were previously published by the source.
According to a study by the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers (IAPCO), the number of meetings organized worldwide by IAPCO members decreased significantly in 2020 over the previous year due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Overall, IAPCO members hosted roughly ** thousand meetings ‒ either in-person, hybrid, or virtual ‒ in 2020, while the number of events peaked at over ** thousand in 2019.
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