Singapore has retained its position as Asia's Top Convention City, according to the International Congress and Convention Association's (ICCA) latest global rankings.
Furthermore, the country has retained its position as one of the world's Top Five Convention Cities, along with Barcelona, Berlin, Paris and Vienna.
Martin Sirk, Chief Executive of ICCA, has applauded the island-nation on hosting most of the rotating association meetings throughout the Asia Pacific region in 2010.
"Singapore has been proactively targeting this sector as part of a clear strategy for many years, and was probably the first destination in the world to so closely align this meetings strategy with the economic development goals of the country," Sirk said.
Last year, Singapore hosted a total of 136 rotating events, up 14 percent over the events that qualified in 2009. Noteworthy events that contributed to the growth include the World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education 2010 and the 20th Annual Conference of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.
According to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the country drew 3.1 million business travellers in 2010, accounting for 27 percent of Singapore's total visitors and amassing S$5.4 billion in revenue.
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