Annual lists highlight top performing group business hotels worldwide

TYSONS, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/CventTopHotels?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#CventTopHotelslt;/agt;–Cvent, a
market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider,
today released its annual lists of Top
Meeting Hotels for meetings and events worldwide. The list was
compiled by analyzing meeting and event booking activity through the Cvent
Supplier Network (CSN), one of the world’s largest venue sourcing
platforms. More than $16 billion and more than 42 million room nights
were sourced through the CSN in 2018. Cvent’s Top Meeting Hotels lists
rank hotels based on group business performance according to various
criteria, including total requests for proposals (RFPs) and conversion
rate.

“The hotels featured on this year’s lists are elevating their group
business strategy through innovative digital marketing and quick and
complete online responses to RFPs–which is exactly what event
professionals want,” said Chris McAndrews, vice president of marketing
for Cvent Hospitality Cloud. “Our Top Meeting Hotels lists are
consistently used by event organizers to find great hotels and by
hoteliers looking to set themselves apart to increase their property’s
group business revenue.”

“Being recognized as the highest-ranking hotel on this year’s list is a
testament to our team and our continued dedication to providing
exceptional service and amenities that event organizers and attendees
look for,” said Tod Roadarmel, Area Director of Sales & Marketing, Omni
Nashville Hotel, which took the number one position in the U.S. this
year. “With three properties in the Top 10 from Nashville, we are proud
to be leading the list and to support Nashville’s position as a prime
destination for meetings and events.”

To address increased demand and buyer preferences, Cvent unveiled
additional Top Meeting Hotel lists which segment hotels further based on
commonly searched attributes including meeting space square footage and
region-specific locales. These lists include: Top
25 Independent Meeting Hotels in the United States, Top
25 Meeting Hotels in Australia, and Top
50 Meeting Hotels in Germany, among others.

Top 10 Meeting Hotels by Region

U.S. List Highlights

• Five new properties have broken into the Top 10:
  • Fairmont Austin (Ranked 4^th)
  • Renaissance Nashville Hotel (Ranked 6^th)
  • Hyatt Regency Atlanta (Ranked 7^th)
  • Hilton Austin (Ranked 8^th)
  • The Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood (Ranked 10^th)
• Newcomers to the Top 100 list include: Boca Raton Resort and Club, A
  Waldorf Astoria Resort, The Westin Charlotte, Fairmont Washington,
  D.C., Georgetown, Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa, Omni
  Louisville Hotel, Sheraton Atlanta, and Hotel del Coronado Curio
  Collection by Hilton to name a few.
• Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt (in that order) are the top three hotel
  chains represented on the Top 100 list.

View
the full 2019 list of Top 100 Meeting Hotels in the U.S.

Europe List Highlights

• Hilton Prague retained its number one position as the Top
  Meeting Hotel.
• Hilton properties took four of the top 10 spots for generating the
  most group business in Europe: Hilton Prague, Hilton Barcelona, Hilton
  Diagonal Mar Barcelona, and Hilton London Metropole in that order.
• Seven unique countries make up the top ten rankings: Austria, Czech
  Republic, England, France, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain.
• Spain and Germany represent the largest selection of hotels on the
  list with 12 and 8 respectively, in the Top 50, including the
  following chains and brands:
  • AccorHotels, Hilton, IHG, Marriott International Hotels, Meliá
    Hotels International, NH Hotel Group, and Radisson Hotel Group.
• Marriott, Hilton, and IHG (in that order) are the top three hotel
  chains represented on the Top 50 list.
  

View
the full 2019 list of Top 50 Meeting Hotels in Europe.

Middle East and Africa List Highlights

• JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai retained its number one position as
  the Top Meeting Hotel.
• Seven other properties in Dubai round out the Top 10, highlighting the
  continued interest in hosting meetings and events in the Dubai area:
  • InterContinental Dubai – Festival City (ranked 2^nd)
  • Grand Hyatt Dubai (ranked 3^rd)
  • Conrad Dubai (ranked 4^th)
  • Fairmont Dubai (ranked 5^th)
  • Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Waterfront (ranked 6^th)
  • Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai (ranked 9^th)
  • The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre (ranked 10^th)
• Newcomers to the Top 25 list include: Mövenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi
  & Palais des Congrès Marrakech, InterContinental David Tel Aviv, The
  Meydan Hotel, Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, and Cairo Marriott Hotel &
  Omar Khayyam Casino to name a few.
• Marriott, AccorHotels, and IHG are the top three hotel chains
  represented on the list.

View
the full 2019 list of Top 25 Meeting Hotels in Middle East and Africa.

Asia Pacific (APAC) List Highlights

• Hyatt Regency Sydney retained its number one position as the Top
  Meeting Hotel.
• Five new properties have broken into the Top 10:
  • Grand Hyatt Singapore (ranked 2^nd)
  • Grand Hyatt Seoul (ranked 3^rd)
  • Grand Hyatt Hong Kong (ranked 4^th)
  • ANA InterContinental Tokyo (ranked 9^th)
  • Marina Bay Sands Singapore (ranked 10^th)
• There are 15 new properties to the Top 50 list including: Bangkok
  Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, Millennium Seoul Hilton, Sofitel Sydney
  Darling Harbour, PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney, Resorts World
  Sentosa Singapore, and Grand Hyatt Tokyo among others.
• Hilton and Hyatt are the top two hotel chains represented on the Top
  50 list with five properties each.

View
the full 2019 list of Top 50 Meeting Hotels in APAC.

Methodology

Cvent evaluated hotel properties that generated business through the Cvent
Supplier Network from January 2018 through December 2018. The
properties were ranked according to various criteria, including total
requests for proposals (RFPs), awarded RFPs, total room nights, awarded
room nights, major metropolitan area (MMA) market share, conversion
rate, response rate, and the hotel’s unique profile visits in the Cvent
Supplier Network. The criteria are designed to provide the most accurate
reflection of the top meeting hotels in the U.S., Europe, Middle East
and Africa, and Asia Pacific regions.

About the Cvent Supplier Network

Featuring more than 260,000 hotels, resorts and special event venues,
the Cvent
Supplier Network (CSN) is one of the world’s largest and most
accurate databases of detailed venue information. Cvent sourced more
than $16 billion in meetings and events through its marketplace and more
than 42 million room nights in 2018. The CSN contains listings of hotels
and other venues in more than 175 countries that can be searched and
filtered based on approximately 200 meetings and events attributes. The
Network is part of the Cvent
Hospitality Cloud, which partners with hotels and venues to help
them drive group and corporate travel business.

To find venues, request quotes, and book event space on the Cvent
Supplier Network, visit https://www.cvent.com/venues.

About Cvent

Cvent
is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with
more than 4,000 employees, 25,000 customers, and 300,000 users
worldwide. The Cvent Event Cloud offers software solutions to event
planners and marketers for online event registration, venue selection,
event management and marketing, onsite solutions, and attendee
engagement. Cvent’s suite of products automate and simplify the planning
process to maximize the impact of events. The Cvent Hospitality
Cloud partners with hotels and venues to help them drive group and
corporate travel business. Hotels use the Cvent Hospitality Cloud’s
digital marketing tools and software solutions to win business through
Cvent’s sourcing platforms and to service their customers directly,
efficiently and profitably – helping them grow and own their
business. Cvent solutions optimize the entire event management value
chain and have enabled clients around the world to manage hundreds of
thousands of meetings and events. For more information, please visit Cvent.com, or
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Contacts

Erica Stoltenberg
Cvent
571-378-6240
[email protected]