A institution that tracks the meetings and conventions manufacture has named Las Vegas arsenic the second-best normal destination successful North America and 3 Las Vegas resorts are successful the apical 10 for hosting gathering events.
Las Vegas lone trailed Orlando, Florida, arsenic the apical normal big successful 2025 and 3 resorts — The Venetian (No. 3), Fontainebleau (No. 5) and Wynn and Encore Las Vegas (No. 7) — landed successful the apical 10 database of big hotels successful North America, according to Tysons Corner, Virginia-based Cvent.
The versatile Industrial Event Space of Las Vegas besides was recognized by Cvent arsenic the starring gathering venue successful North America, portion Area15 was ranked fifth.
The database rankings are designed to assistance gathering planners marque decisions connected wherever to behaviour their events successful 2026 and beyond.
The rankings are determined based connected insights gleaned from much than $20 cardinal of planetary sourcing and request-for-proposal enactment done Cvent’s sourcing platforms successful 2025, including the Cvent Supplier Network, 1 of the world’s largest radical edifice and venue sourcing marketplaces. The grounds sourcing enactment seen successful 2025 reflects much than demand-driven growth, a Cvent typical said. It signals a structural displacement successful however organizations are prioritizing face-to-face engagement successful an progressively digital-first landscape.
Orlando has claimed the apical spot connected Cvent’s database for the past 11 years.
The yearly lists are issued regionally for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and Latin America & Caribbean. The rankings were announced unrecorded astatine a property league astatine IMEX Frankfurt.
Visit Orlando, the normal and visitors bureau for Orange County, Florida, said Cvent works with it to lucifer gathering and normal organizers with Orlando venues. No Orlando edifice made the apical 10 database successful the edifice category.
“Through Cvent’s innovative exertion platform, Visit Orlando works intimately with our partners to link planners with the close resources crossed a destination that continues to germinate and offers solutions for meetings of each size — reinforcing Orlando’s presumption arsenic the top-ranked meetings destination successful the country,” Casandra Matej, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, said successful a Wednesday release.
Las Vegas outpaced Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago; Dallas; Atlanta; San Diego, California; New York City; Austin, Texas; and Washington D.C. connected the North America list.
Cvent said the 2025 rankings item a dual trend: the renewed spot of gateway cities similar New York, alongside continued momentum from high-growth gathering hubs specified arsenic Nashville and Austin—underscoring planners’ appetite for destinations that brace standard with differentiated experiences unsocial to their locations.
Cvent cited Las Vegas arsenic having 291 qualified edifice venues, 300 peculiar lawsuit venues, 4.6 cardinal quadrate feet disposable for meetings and conventions, 150,211 impermanent rooms, a edifice with 7.093 impermanent rooms (MGM Grand) arsenic the largest hotel, an mean regular country complaint of $193, an occupancy complaint of 83.6 percent, 3,800 restaurants, regular nutrient costs of $81 and a taxation complaint of 12 percent.
Cvent besides ranks gathering and normal cities globally. The different apical winners worldwide for 2025 were London for Europe; Singapore for the Asia-Pacific Region; Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the Middle East and Africa Regions; and Cancun and Riviera Mayo, Mexico, for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Contact Richard N. Velotta astatine rvelotta@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-477-3893. Follow @RickVelotta connected X.
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