AUSTRIA

The Austrian conference industry has a wide range of destinations to offer. Possible venues comprise conference centres, hotels, universities but also palaces and mountain lodges. Austria is therefore a destination that can do justice to large-scale conferences, corporate meetings and small seminars alike. Discover Austria and find a suitable location!

Good Reasons for Choosing Austria:

Conference Competency

• Austria was ranked no. 8 in the world as a conference and convention venue in the 2006 ICCA statistics. Over the past years, Vienna has always been among the top three locations
• Professional providers

Excellent meeting infrastructure:

• Multi-functional conference and event centres with trade fair and exhibition halls
• Excellent hotels, ranging from traditional ones to state-of-the-art conference hotels
• Top-quality cultural attractions (see below)
• Outstanding range of services (banking, etc.)

Education, science and research:

• Internationally renowned university and research centres
• Scientific conferences
• Academia closely networked on international scale
• Home of many medical associations

Austria's large pool of highly qualified engineers and university graduates combined with an academic research program largely geared to economic demands make the country a small and beautiful research location. Austrian researchers rank amongst the top in areas such as automotive construction, environmental engineering, chemistry, pharmacology, bio-engineering, new materials, information technology, and artificial intelligence.

Accessibility - transport connections:

• 6 airports (Vienna, Linz, Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Salzburg) with international connections
• Excellent international railroad connections
• Well-developed road network

Safety

• Low crime rate
• Politically stable (neutral country)

Austria is one of the safest countries in the world. This holds true for politics, the economy, the crime rate and the legal system.

Culture & Tradition

• Rich cultural heritage from the days of the Hapsburg Monarchy, with a touch of modern times
• Regular festivals and events (New Year's Concert, Salzburg Festival, Bregenz Festival)
• The Vienna Philharmonic is one of the best classical orchestras in the world; it also performs at the Vienna State Opera
• Multitude of museums exhibiting a wide range of classic to modern art

Nature & Landscape:

• Capital cities, steppe, hills, Lakelands, the Alpine foothills, high Alpine mountain ranges (the Alps) - Austria holds a lot in store
• Pure and clean water and excellent quality air - thanks to highly developed ecological awareness and prudent production technologies

Cuisine

Culinary pleasures where ever you go: Austria is renowned for excellent wines and a great variety of traditional and high-quality delicacies made from top-quality raw materials (organic farming).

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