Originally posted by Terri Hardin on Cvent
Cvent, the leader in cloud-based event management solutions, today announced the top 50 cities for meetings and events in the United States, according to meeting and event booking activity in the Cvent Supplier Network. Cvent operates the number one marketplace for group meetings business in the world, expecting to source $7 billion of meetings business in 2012.
"Meetings and conventions are important revenue generators for cities, supporting not only the meeting venues and hotels, but also local restaurants, entertainment and numerous other businesses within the city," said Bharet Malhotra, Vice President of Sales for the Cvent Supplier Network. "Cvent's role in the meetings ecosystem is to connect venues and planners to facilitate efficient and informed meeting booking. As the single largest marketplace for meetings activity, we have an excellent feel for which cities and properties are popular and growing, and the data to back it up."
The top 10 cities are:
Orlando, FL
Washington, DC
Las Vegas, NV
Miami, FL
Chicago, IL
San Diego, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Atlanta, GA
Dallas, TX
New Orleans, LA
Cvent spoke to all of the Top 10 Meeting Destinations in the U.S. to learn more about the unique characteristics that set each destination apart, as well as to gain a better understanding of how meetings impact each city. For the full list of the Top Ten Meeting Destinations in the U.S., visit http://www.cvent.com/en/sem/top-50-meeting-destinations-us-2012.shtml.
