Each year, Cvent announces its list of America’s Best Meeting Hotels. Cvent is a cloud-based enterprise event management platform. It operates the world’s largest global markets for group meeting business through its Cvent Provider Network (CSN). The CSN includes more than 218,000 hotels, resorts and venues for special events in more than 175 countries.
The top 100 hotels for meetings include 20 properties in Florida; 10 in Texas and nine in Las Vegas.
Top brands include Marriott Hotels, with 24 properties on the list.
Hilton properties also earned the rating multiple times.
The MICE segment is one of the most sought after in the hotel industry. It is an extremely competitive business, especially when it comes to large groups. Traditionally, MICE events generate more revenue for hotels than individual business, leisure or FIT travel bookings.
“Hotels compete aggressively for group business, which can be a substantial part of their revenue mix and more profitable than leisure or transient business travel,” said Bharet Malhotra, senior vice president of supplier network sales at Cvent. . “This year’s list has a number of changes to the top 100, including 18 new properties that removed some from last year’s list. Hotels are constantly investing in upgrades to their meeting space and rooms, as well as their capabilities to support meetings and events.
“By developing Cvent’s supplier network, we have created a robust marketplace that serves as a funnel that brings group business volume to the hospitality industry and helps hotels with the critical first step of winning group business: creating visibility among a large audience of event organizers. «
Methodology
Here’s how Cvent compiled its Top 100 list. The company evaluated the hotel properties that generated business through Cvent’s provider network from September 2013 to August 2014. It ranked properties based on various criteria, such as total requests for Proposals (RFP), RFPs awarded, total room nights, awarded room nights, significant metropolitan area market share (MMA), conversion rate and unique visits to the hotel’s profile in the Cvent provider network.
To be included in the list, hotels must have more than 50,000 square feet of total meeting space and more than 10 or more meeting rooms.
Top 100
- ARIA Resort & Casino – Las Vegas, NV
- Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center – Nashville, TN
- The Venetian and Palazzo Resort, Hotel & Casinos – Las Vegas, NV
- Omni Nashville Hotel – Nashville, TN
- Hyatt Regency Chicago – Chicago, IL
- Hilton San Diego Bayfront – San Diego, CA
- Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center – Grapevine, TX
- Hilton Anatole – Dallas, TX
- Fontainebleau Miami Beach – Miami, FL
- The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection – Las Vegas, NV
- The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa  Â
- Hyatt Regency Orlando
- Hyatt Regency Atlanta Â
- Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
- Atlanta Marriott Marquis
- Rosen Shingle Creek  Â
- Renaissance Nashville Hotel
- Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
- Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
- The Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood, Curio Collection by Hilton Â
- Orlando World Center Marriott Â
- Hilton New Orleans RiversideÂ
- Sheraton Dallas
- Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center  Â
- Hyatt Regency New Orleans  Â
- Hyatt Regency Dallas en Reunion
- Hotel Loews Miami BeachÂ
- MGM Grand Hotel & CasinoÂ
- Palmer House en un hotel HiltonÂ
- Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
- Hilton Orlando Â
- Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
- Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile  Â
- Bellagio Hotel & Casino  Â
- Grand Hyatt San AntonioÂ
- Mandalay Bay Resort  Â
- Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Â
- Hilton Atlanta  Â
- Hilton ChicagoÂ
- Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
- JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
- Hyatt Regency O’Hare Â
- Caesars Palace Las Vegas
- Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC
- Omni Dallas Hotel  Â
- Marriott de Nueva Orleans
- Hilton San Francisco Union Square
- El espejismo  Â
- Hyatt Regency San Francisco
- Arizona Biltmore, un resort Waldorf Astoria Â
- Hilton Austin Â
- Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel
- San Francisco Marriott Marquis  Â
- Marriott Marquis Washington, DC
- Hilton Baltimore  Â
- The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta
- Philadelphia Marriott Downtown  Â
- Boston Marriott Copley Place  Â
- Hilton Americas-Houston  Â
- Sheraton Hotel Nueva Orleans  Â
- El fenicio, Scottsdale  Â
- Hotel Sheraton New York Times Square Â
- Wynn Las Vegas  Â
- InterContinental Miami
- JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes
- Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa en Gainey Ranch Â
- New York Marriott Marquis
- Omni Hotel en CNN Center  Â
- Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
- Hilton Minneapolis Â
- The Westin Boston Waterfront
- Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
- Hyatt Regency Denver en Colorado Conv Ct
- Baltimore Marriott Waterfront  Â
- Sheraton Boston Hotel  Â
- Nueva York Hilton Midtown
- Grand Hyatt Nueva York Â
- Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina  Â
- The Westin Copley Place Boston  Â
- Eden Roc Miami Beach  Â
- JW Marriott Indianapolis  Â
- Walt Disney World Swan y Dolphin
- Parque Marriott Washington Wardman Â
- Fairmont Chicago – Millennium Park
- San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
- Rosen Center Hotel
- Boca Raton Resort and Club, A Waldorf Astoria Resort
- Washington Hilton & Heights Executive Meeting Center
- Hotel Loews Chicago O’Hare
- Grand Hyatt Denver
- Omni Fort Worth Hotel
- Hyatt Regency St Louis on the Arch
- Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel
- The Westin St. Francis
- Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, located at the Walt Disney World Resort
- The Broadmoor
- Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate
- JW Marriott Los Angeles LA LIVE
- Hyatt Regency Miami  Â
- Mandalay Bay Resort