Latest Copenhagen CVB News

Copenhagen CVB just released an improved version of its pioneering Sustainability Guide that upholds a holistic and hands-on approach to sustainable business events and is in keeping with Wonderful Copenhagen’s 'Copenhagen, All Inclusive' strategy charting the path for a better future.

Copenhagen’s green efforts have yielded further results, as the Danish capital has received a sustainability certification that only very few destinations have achieved so far; the EarthCheck Sustainable Destination Certification. 

This February, at Conventa 2025's Meetings Star Awards ceremony, Copenhagen picked up the XL Meeting Destinations Award 2024/25. 

It might become the largest participant event ever held on Danish soil when Copenhagen hosts the World Championships in Half Marathon, 5K, and One Mile in September 2026. Up to 65,000 runners will have the chance to take part as the world’s elite compete for gold in the capital's streets. 

Tourism accounts for nearly 8 per cent of global CO2 emissions, and with the number of international arrivals predicted to reach 1.8 billion by 2030, action is more important than ever.  

The leading congress on cataract and refractive surgery will return to Copenhagen in 2025, nine years after the city first hosted it. This time, up to 15,000 participants are expected to join the event. 

More than 6,000 international lawyers are expected to visit Copenhagen in 2026 when the city will host the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association – IBA.

In a first for the international events industry, Copenhagen Legacy Lab has expanded its legacy framework for congresses to include events. The process will ensure a strategic approach to creating long-lasting positive impact from international events held in the Danish capital.

Nearly 16,000 participants from the global wind industry attended this year's WindEurope conference in Copenhagen. Now, Europe’s leading voice on wind power has confirmed that its annual conference will return to the Danish capital in 2025. 

From megatrends to contractual challenges – risk plays a major role for both buyers and suppliers when deciding on a destination or providing a quote for an event. 

Copenhagen is set to host Europe’s largest coffee congress and tradeshow, World of Coffee and the World Coffee Championships in 2024. The events are expected to attract more than 10,000 visitors from the international coffee industry. 

After much anticipation, Copenhagen takes on the title of UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture on 17 January. 

The Tour de France - Grand Départ in Copenhagen and Denmark had a large impact with huge crowds, media attention and not least local engagement.

What happens when associations prioritise long-term positive impact in the early planning stages of their event? And what kind of activities and outcomes can it lead to? To cast light on this, Copenhagen Legacy Lab is launching a series of legacy case studies.

Digestive health will be in focus next year as Copenhagen is set to host the United European Gastroenterology Week 2023. Held in Copenhagen for the first time in 2005, the congress will take place at Bella Center and is expected to attract 10,000 delegates.

After 10 consecutive years in Sweden, the Nordic Life Science Days congress will, for the first time, move to Copenhagen in 2023.

Copenhagen Convention Bureau’s innovation project ‘Copenhagen Legacy Lab’ has been recognised for its work with ensuring long-term, positive and sustainable impacts from international congresses.  

To ensure that sustainable transformation is top of mind when planning an event in Copenhagen, the new Copenhagen Sustainability guide includes pre-planning indicators that can help planners reduce the CO2 footprint and resource consumption.

Copenhagen Convention Bureau’s Copenhagen Legacy Lab, has developed an improved legacy methodology. This includes a 7-step model that will be instrumental in deepening the strategic approach towards long-term legacy planning and measurements of international congresses in the future.

Copenhagen Convention Bureau today announced an exciting new partnership with the European Society of Association Executives (ESAE).

Going or not to IBTM World 2021 in Barcelona, here's your copy of the Copenhagen media kit with the complete overview of what moves within the city and the Copenhagen meetings industry.

BELLA ARENA. Villa Copenhagen. NH Collection Copenhagen. Comfort Hotel. The Hangar. Herman K. Scandic CPH Strandpark. Comwell Copenhagen Portside. The Darling. h27. ZOKU. Marienlyst. Scandic Spectrum. 25hours hotels. The list of Hotels To Watch in the city seems almost incessant.

Denmark offers a strong mix of powerful digital infrastructure, innovative locations, and an efficient and interconnected conference eco-system. Learn more about why this destination is the right - and safe - choice for hybrid events and find inspiration in MeetDenmark's latest toolboxes.

Today, Copenhagen Legacy Lab by Wonderful Copenhagen CVB was revealed as the winner of the Global Destination Sustainability Movement’s estimable Innovation Award 2021. 

The European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)'s congress in Copenhagen in 2022 will be a precedent worth noting for how to create more tactical and lasting impacts and legacies at future events.