The Vienna Tourist Board is the only agency of the City of Vienna with ongoing activities in 19 markets around the world. It is active in the 19 source markets that generate around 80% of bednights and sales. On average, it organizes an event for the international media, the travel industry or the meeting industry every other day.
In 2018, the Vienna Tourist Board’s Vienna Convention Bureau represented Vienna as a convention destination at 66 networking events, trade fairs and congresses. In Vienna it stewarded inspection trips by a total of some 230 congress and incentive decision-makers from 15 countries. At IMEX America in Las Vegas, in 2018 the Vienna Convention Bureau again received in the Prevue Visionary Award in silver as the second best international convention bureau. Also in 2018, cooperation with Maritz Global Events was extended into 2019 and 2020. Maritz Global Events is one of the world's leading companies in the convention industry and is headquartered in the USA.