Cvent named the Omni Nashville as the No. 1 meeting hotel in the United States.
On first glance, the cities of Nashville, Prague, Dubai and Sydney don’t have much in common. If you look closely, however, you’ll see that each has a thriving meetings industry, the crown jewel of which is at least one property that has just been named one of the Top Meeting Hotels in the world by meetings technology company Cvent.
Each year, Cvent ranks the top hotels for meetings in each of four global regions based on booking activity -- including total requests for proposal and conversion rate -- on its venue-sourcing platform, the Cvent Supplier Network. Published last week, this year’s lists are topped by the Omni Nashville Hotel in the United States, Hilton Prague in Europe, the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai in the Middle East and Africa, and the Hyatt Regency Sydney in Asia Pacific.
Of special note, Dubai is home to eight of the top 10 hotels in the Middle East and Africa; Singapore scores four in Asia Pacific; and in the United States, Austin and Nashville score three properties each.
“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.”
Following are the top 10 meeting hotels in each of the four regions in which Cvent ranks properties:
United States
1. Omni Nashville Hotel
2. JW Marriott Austin (Texas)
3. ARIA Resort & Casino (Las Vegas)
4. Fairmont Austin
5. Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center (Nashville)
6. Renaissance Nashville Hotel
7. Hyatt Regency Atlanta
8. Hilton Austin
9. Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
10. The Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood (Fla.)
Europe
1. Hilton Prague
2. Meliá Castilla Hotel & Convention Center Madrid
3. InterContinental Vienna
4. Hilton Barcelona (Spain)
5. Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile
6. Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona
7. Le Méridien Etoile (France)
8. Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center (Rome)
9. Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
10. Hilton London Metropole
Middle East and Africa
1. JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai
2. InterContinental Dubai – Festival City
3. Grand Hyatt Dubai
4. Conrad Dubai
5. Fairmont Dubai
6. Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Waterfront
7. Mövenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi & Palais des Congrès Marrakech (Morocco)
8. Radisson Blu Hotel Sandton, Johannesburg
9. Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai
10. The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre
Asia Pacific
1. Hyatt Regency Sydney
2. Grand Hyatt Singapore
3. Grand Hyatt Seoul (South Korea)
4. Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
5. Pan Pacific Singapore
6. InterContinental Sydney
7. Hilton Tokyo
8. Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
9. ANA InterContinental Tokyo
10. Marina Bay Sands Sinagpore (Singapore)
Cvent's complete lists -- including the Top 100 Meeting Hotels in the U.S.,the Top 50 Meeting Hotels in Europe, the Top 25 Meeting Hotels in Middle East and Africa and the Top 50 Meeting Hotels in APAC -- are available on its website.