![]() ![]() ![]() London was the first European capital to implement innovation strategies in response to the global financial crisis, and is winning the global innovation race,” said Christopher Hire, Executive Director of 2thinknow, publishers’ of the cities index. “London’s win indicates the strength of the financial capital’s recent focus on innovation, even beating out the tech standing of Silicon Valley, with a lower cost base than San Francisco. ![]() 2thinknow released the results of the 9th annual Innovation Cities Index in Melbourne today. ![]() LONDON WORLD TOP INNOVATION CITY IN 2015 IN 500 CITIES 9TH ANNUAL INNOVATION CITIES INDEX, AS ASIAN CITIES RISE IN RANKINGĢthinknow // MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - London out-performed previous winners Silicon Valley, Vienna and Boston to become the world’s most innovative city in 2015. The rivalry is set to continue as Bangkok’s visitor numbers continue to recover following civil unrest in 2014.MEDIA: London beats Silicon Valley in Innovation Cities Index 2015 However London and Bangkok have topped the Index throughout its five year history. The MasterCard Index of Global Destination Cities ranks cities in terms of the number of their total international overnight visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by these same visitors in the destination cities, and gives visitor and passenger growth forecasts for 2015. Incidentally Asian cities continue to dominate the annual MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index, making up half of the top ten. The city-state is ranked as the 7th most visited city in the world this year, down from 5th place in 2014. London came first in the study for the second year in a row.īangkok lost its first place ranking in 2013, largely due to political unrest and Singapore has slipped two spots in Mastercard’s Global Destination Cities Index. MasterCard has just released its annual travel study, the Global Destination Cities Index, ranking 132 destination cities around the world in terms of total international overnight visitor arrivals and cross-border spending. ![]()
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