5. Size of meetings:
Tendencies 2011-2013:
• Growth of small
meetings: +36%
(up to 40 participants)
• Decline of “bigger”
meetings: -12.8%
(41-100 participants)
Numberofmeetings
Year
Source: meetings statistic database 2011-2013. C. Dernbach, Switzerland Tourism
6. Kind of meeting.
14.3
0.9
-0.6
-1.6
-13.5
0.9
0.2
-1.4
0.8
0
0.2
0
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
Deviation 2013/2011:
51.8
14.5
12.8
6.2
4.1
3.1
2.1 1.9
1.8
1
0.5
0.4
2013, in %
Meeting
Seminar
Conference
Workshop
other
Further Education
Incentive
Congress
Convention
Sport event
Information
general assembly
Source: meetings statistic database 2011-2013. C. Dernbach, Switzerland Tourism
7. National vs. international.
83.4 16.6
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
2013
national
international
Meeting regions.
70.8%
15.6%
3.0%
10.6%
Big cities
Small cities
Country
Mountains
national
87.6%
4.4%
0.2% 7.8% Big Cities
Small Cities
Country
Mountains
international
Source: meetings statistic database 2011-2013. C. Dernbach, Switzerland Tourism
8. National vs. international.
83.4 16.6
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
2013
national
international
Seasonality.
11%
13%
17% 17%
21% 21%
16%
13%
19%
17% 17%
19%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Higher proportion
of int. meetings in
May and June,
“Trend or random ?”
Source: meetings statistic database 2011-2013. C. Dernbach, Switzerland Tourism
9. National vs. international
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
international
national
83.4 16.6
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
2013
national
international
Size of meetings.
“Not really great
differences between
National and int.
Meetings ?”
Source: meetings statistic database 2011-2013. C. Dernbach, Switzerland Tourism
10. 57.5%
4.1%
35.9%
2.5%
international
Corporate
Company direct
Association direct
Agency PCO
other
80.4%
12.7%
3.8%
3.1%
national
Corporate
Company direct
Association
direct
Agency PCO
other
Source: meetings statistic database 2011-2013. C. Dernbach, Switzerland Tourism
National vs. international
83.4 16.6
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
2013
national
international
Organizer/Promoter.
