Conventions on the rise in Berlin

Last year, 11.4 million participants came to conferences, congresses and incentives in the German capital. This represents a growth of four per cent. The number of events grew by three per cent to about 135,000 in the same time period. These are the results of the latest convention statistics 2015* from the Berlin Convention Office of visitBerlin. 2.3 million participants came from abroad, meaning one in five participants at events in the city came from outside Germany. The most important foreign region was Europe. Berlin is especially in