Who We Are
With the mission to position Sapporo as a global city of choice for people and events, we match academics, businesses and event professionals with possibilities in the region.
How We Can Help
We offer personalized advice and support to help attract and host a successful international event.
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Report
GDS-Index 2025 Results Announced
GDS-Index benchmarks sustainability in 81 destinations worldwide - Nordic cities maintain leadership in global rankings.The Global Destination Sustainability Movement (GDS-Movement) has released the results of the 2025 Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index), the world’s leading benchmarking program for destination-level sustainability performance. Now in its 10th year, the GDS-Index evaluated 81 cities across four key areas of sustainability, recognizing top-performing destinations and tracking year-over-year progress.Helsinki, Finland, claimed the top spot with a score of 93.5%, earning the prestigious Leadership Award. It was followed closely by Gothenburg, Sweden (91.5%) and Copenhagen, Denmark (88.8%), reinforcing the Nordic region’s continued excellence in destination sustainability.Sapporo achieved a score of 69.5% (improving by 4.5 points from 2024), making it our 10th submittion since the GDS-Index launch in 2016 (with only 35 destinations back then).The GDS-Index evaluates destinations against a comprehensive and updated set of more than 70 qualitative and quantitative criteria across four key areas: the city's environmental strategy and infrastructure, social sustainability performance, suppliers’ performance, and the strategy and initiatives of the destination management organization.The 2025 edition marks a decade of the GDS-Index’s impact, driving measurable progress in sustainability practices across cities worldwide.
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Report
Annual Report 2024
From a strong recovery for international incentives (with 1,000+ pax groups from South Korea and Taiwan) to multi-venue large-scale conferences, introducing our activity report for the fiscal year 2024.
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Travel
Sapporo joins Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Marking another milestone since its 2008 Eco-Capital Declaration, Sapporo joins the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).
