December 2, 2020

Reports on bednights and meetings in 2019: a compelling evidence of the economic significance of European city tourism

European Cities Marketing launched the ECM Benchmarking Report and the ECM Meetings Statistics Report with results from the year 2019 respectively on Bednights and Meetings in […]
April 17, 2020

An Opportunity for Destination Organizations to Be Seen as a Community Asset

#ANEWTOMORROW BLOG By Jack Johnson, Chief Advocacy Officer at Destinations International A while back CBS News in the United States reported results from a new poll […]
April 7, 2020

“A New Tomorrow” ECM Covid-19 response

ECM wants to continue to empower the conversation during this unprecedented situation with “A New Tomorrow”. Following input and needs of our members, we have now […]
July 4, 2019

European Cities Marketing Benchmarking Report 2019 shows continuous growth of European city tourism

The ECM Benchmarking Report determined that European cities continued their development in 2018 with an average growth rate 4.2% increase in total bednights compared to 2017. […]
June 6, 2019

European Cities Marketing announced new President, Executive Committee and Board Members during annual conference

General Assembly of European Cities Marketing, the association for Tourist Boards, Convention Bureaux and City Marketing Organisations in Europe, elected new President, Board Members and members of […]
March 4, 2019

Tourism Brexit Buoyancy: European cities celebrate growth despite challenging times

European Cities Marketing (ECM) has today (Monday, March 4, 2019) announced that despite a challenging year, destinations across Europe are celebrating a 1.9% growth in city […]
February 4, 2019

Marketing Edinburgh to host European cities’ conference on the successes and failures of urban events

In one week, leading international experts, event owners and selected international showcases will deliver to European Cities Marketing Spring Meeting’s record breaking 200 attendees all the […]
November 23, 2018

European cities to discuss the successes and failures of “Eventful Cities”

At the European Cities Marketing Meeting in Edinburgh, February 13-16, 2019, leading international experts, event owners and selected international showcases will provide attendees with all the […]
March 5, 2018

Successful Recovery in European City Tourism in 2017: +7.7%

European Cities Marketing (ECM) announced a 7.7% growth in city tourism in 2017, with the domestic market increasing by 5.2% and the international market by 9.2%, […]