London, UK and the Imperial Riding School, Autograph Collection in Vienna, Austria, took the top spots in the 2025 Cvent rankings of Europe’s Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels.

Presented at a live press conference at IMEX Frankfurt 2025, the destination and hotel rankings are determined based on insights gleaned from the more than $18B of global MICE sourcing and request-for-proposal (RFP) activity through Cvent’s sourcing platforms in 2024, including a record-breaking $16.5B through the Cvent Supplier Network.

Cvent Top Meeting Destinations | Europe

The top three cities remained consistent year-over-year, with London (#1), Barcelona (#2), and Madrid (#3) maintaining their respective positions. Amsterdam rose two spots to #4 and Paris rose one spot to #6. There were two new cities to the Top 10: Prague (#9) and Dublin (#10), driven by increased international appeal. Prague climbed three places, reflecting its growing popularity for mid-sized conferences, while Dublin was buoyed by association meetings and major events like the Dublin Tech Summit, which draws around 8,000 attendees from more than 75 countries. The 2025 top 10 meeting destinations are:

1. London, UK

2. Barcelona, Spain

3. Madrid, Spain

4. Amsterdam, Netherlands

5. Lisbon, Portugal

6. Paris, France

7. Berlin, Germany

8. Rome, Italy

9. Prague, Czech Republic

10. Dublin, Ireland

Cvent Top Meeting Hotels | Europe

The ranking criteria for Cvent Top Meeting Hotels in Europe expanded this year to include year-over-year request-for-proposal (RFP) growth and average RFP response time. These changes were made to more accurately reflect regional venue sourcing trends while also giving additional weight to an increasingly critical planner priority: speed of hotel responses. The expanded criteria mean all the Top 10 hotels are new to the list. The top 10 hotels are:

1. Imperial Riding School, Autograph Collection (Vienna, Austria)

2. Torre Melina, a Gran Meliá Hotel & Catalunya Congress & Convention Centre

3. Prague Marriott Hotel

4. Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel

5. Dorothea Hotel, Budapest, Autograph Collection

6. InterContinental Barcelona, an IHG Hotel

7. The College Green Hotel Dublin, Autograph Collection

8. Hotel Berlin, Berlin, a member of Radisson Individuals

9. Anantara The Marker Dublin

10. Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower

Despite a dip in planner optimism due to macroeconomic uncertainty and rising costs, 82% of European meeting professionals plan to host meetings with an in-person component (AMEX GBT Meetings & Events 2025 Global Forecast). This trend is further supported by Cvent’s 2025 Planner Sourcing Report: Europe Edition, which found that nearly 60% of planners expect the number of in-person meetings to increase in 2025.

Methodology

For Cvent Top Meeting Destinations, Cvent evaluated 14,000+ cities worldwide listed on the Cvent Supplier Network. Activity was tracked between January 2024 and December 2024. Rankings were determined by a set of qualifying criteria, including: the number of total room nights booked through the Cvent Supplier Network; the number of unique electronic request-for-proposals (RFPs) sent through the marketplace to venues within the city; the total value of the RFPs submitted; and the actual awarded value for meetings booked.

For Cvent Top Meeting Hotels in Europe, Cvent evaluated hotel properties that generated business through the Cvent Supplier Network between January 2024 and December 2024. The properties were ranked according to various criteria, including total requests for proposals (RFPs), awarded RFPs, total room nights, awarded room nights, major metropolitan area market share, conversion rate, year-over-year RFP growth rate, and average response time. 

View the full list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels worldwide here.