Dallas Named Number 4 Top Meeting Destination in North America by Cvent
Recognition highlights its group business appeal and commitment to corporate event success
Dallas, Texas – May 14, 2024 – Today, Dallas was named the Number 4 Top Meeting Destination in North America by industry-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, Cvent. The globally recognized Cvent Top Meeting Destinations lists evaluate and rank cities that are successfully engaging event planners and attracting group business to their locales. Rankings are determined based on sourcing activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, one of the world’s largest venue-sourcing platforms. This is the highest rank Dallas has ever been recognized as a Cvent Top Destination.
“We want to congratulate Dallas for being recognized as a Cvent Top Meeting Destination in North America. This prestigious accolade is a testament to the city’s commitment to partnering with hoteliers and event planners alike to orchestrate exceptional events,” said Bharet Malhotra, Cvent Senior Vice President, Hospitality Cloud. “Given the tremendous value that meetings and events bring to local economies, it’s more important than ever that convention & visitors bureaus and destination management companies embrace their role as destination advocates to attract group business to their locales. We’re proud to share our Cvent Top Destinations lists and highlight cities like Dallas to our global network of event planners who are not only looking for incredible places to host their events, but strong partners to bring their visions to life.”
Methodology
Cvent evaluated 12,500+ cities worldwide listed on the Cvent Supplier Network. Activity was tracked between January 2023 and December 2023. Rankings were determined by a set of qualifying criteria, including: the number of total room nights booked through the Cvent Supplier Network; the number of unique electronic request-for-proposals (RFPs) sent through the marketplace to venues within the city; the total value of the RFPs submitted; and the actual awarded value for meetings booked.
About the Cvent Supplier Network
The Cvent Supplier Network (CSN) features more than 300,000 hotels, resorts and special event venues, serving as one of the world’s largest and most accurate databases of detailed venue information. Event planners sourced more than $16 billion of group business through Cvent’s sourcing networks in 2023 alone. The CSN is part of Cvent’s robust suite of solutions that hotels and destination management organizations leverage to reach more planners, attract group business to their properties & destinations, and directly engage with Cvent’s global network of more than 125,000 event professionals. Cvent technology enables hotels and venues to efficiently manage their group and corporate travel business, increase revenue, and deliver more profitable results.
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About Visit Dallas
Visit Dallas is an independent, not-for-profit sales and marketing organization contracted with the City of Dallas to promote Dallas as a premier business and leisure travel destination. The organization’s collective efforts generate economic impact, jobs and state and local tax revenues, benefiting the community and improving the quality of life for all residents.
About Cvent
Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with 4,800+ employees and ~22,000 customers worldwide as of December 31, 2023. Founded in 1999, the company delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform and offers a global marketplace where event professionals collaborate with venues to create engaging, impactful experiences. Cvent is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C., and has additional offices around the world to support its growing global customer base. The comprehensive Cvent event marketing and management platform offers software solutions to event organizers and marketers for online event registration, venue selection, event marketing and management, virtual and onsite solutions, and attendee engagement. Cvent’s suite of products automate and simplify the event management lifecycle and maximize the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. Hotels and venues use Cvent’s supplier and venue solutions to win more group and corporate travel business through Cvent’s sourcing platforms. Cvent solutions optimize the event management value chain and have enabled clients around the world to manage millions of meetings and events. For more information, please visit cvent.com.
Media Contacts
For Visit Dallas inquiries, please contact:
Zane Harrington
Director of Communications
zane.harrington@visitdallas.com
469-418-5939
For Cvent media inquiries, please contact:
Erica Stoltenberg
EStoltenberg@cvent.com
571-378-6240