The industry-acclaimed annual rankings
recognise the top-performing hotels for MICE business, as well as
the world’s most coveted meeting destinations
Cvent, an industry-leading meetings, events, and hospitality
technology provider, today released its lists of the Top Meeting
Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for the Middle East &
Africa (MEA). These lists – which also include regional rankings
for North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe – were compiled based
on sourcing activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, one of the
world’s largest venue-sourcing platforms. More than $16B of MICE
business was sourced through Cvent’s online platforms in 2023.
The annual Cvent Top Lists have become go-to resources for event
organisers worldwide looking for incredible hotels and destinations
to host their events. The Company hosted a live press conference at
IMEX Frankfurt to share more in-depth details and recognise top
hotels and destinations in person.
Cvent Top Meeting Destinations |
MEA
The top two spots on the Top Meeting Destinations list were once
again claimed by Dubai (#1) and Istanbul (#2). Abu Dhabi (#3)
improved its 2023 ranking to round out the Top 3. Riyadh (#7), Doha
(#8), and Casablanca (#10) each improved their rankings
year-over-year to secure their placement in the Top 10.
Top 10 Meeting Destinations
1. Dubai, UAE
2. Istanbul, Turkey
3. Abu Dhabi, UAE
4. Marrakech, Morocco
5. Cape Town, South Africa
6. Cairo, Egypt
7. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
8. Doha, Qatar
9. Johannesburg, South Africa
10. Casablanca, Morocco
Karina Lance, Associate Vice President, Dubai Business Events,
said: “Driven by the city’s visionary leadership, Dubai continues
to cement its status as a leading global business events hub, and
we are delighted to once again be named the Top Meeting Destination
in the Middle East and Africa. Engaging with meeting planners is at
the heart of our strategy to capture business events, whether
through technology platforms such as Cvent, meeting them in their
home markets, or bringing them to Dubai to see and experience the
city’s latest offerings. Working with our stakeholders and partners
across the city’s business events ecosystem, we are committed to
further elevating global awareness of the Dubai proposition, and
attracting more meetings, conferences and incentives to our
destination.”
Cvent Top Meeting Hotels |
MEA
Conrad Dubai (#1) and InterContinental Dubai Festival City (#2)
secured the Top 2 spots on this year’s list, while Grosvenor House,
a Luxury Collection Hotel (#3), improved its year-over-year ranking
significantly to round out the Top 3. Grosvenor House was one of
just five hotels that received Gold ‘Dubai Sustainable Tourism
Stamps,’ which may have had a positive impact on its MICE success
as event organisers prioritise environmentally friendly properties.
Additional newcomers to the Top 10 include Marriott Resort Palm
Jumeirah, Dubai (#6), The St. Regis Downtown Dubai (#8) and Grand
Hyatt Istanbul (#10).
Top 10 Meeting Hotels
1. Conrad Dubai
2. InterContinental Dubai Festival
City
3. Grosvenor House, a Luxury Collection
Hotel, Dubai
4. Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City
5. Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
6. Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah,
Dubai
7. JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai
8. The St. Regis Downtown Dubai
9. InterContinental Istanbul
10. Grand Hyatt Istanbul
To view all Cvent Top Meeting Destinations and Cvent Top Meeting
Hotels worldwide, click here.
Methodology
For Cvent Top Meeting Destinations, Cvent evaluated 12,500+
cities worldwide listed on the Cvent Supplier Network (CSN).
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; 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.
For Cvent Top Meeting Hotels, Cvent evaluated hotel properties
that generated business through the CSN between January 2023 and
December 2023. 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 market share, conversion rate, and response rate. The criteria
are designed to provide the most accurate reflection of the top
meeting hotels in North America, Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions.
About the Cvent Supplier
Network
The Cvent Supplier Network 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.
More than $16 billion in MICE business was sourced through Cvent’s
sourcing networks in 2023. The CSN contains listings of hotels and
other venues in 18 languages that can be searched and filtered
based on over 200 characteristics and criteria. The CSN is part of
the comprehensive Cvent platform, which delivers solutions that
hotels and venues leverage to conduct their MICE and corporate
travel business and engage a global network of 125,000+ planners
who rely on Cvent to source hotels & destinations and manage
their events.
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. The comprehensive
Cvent event marketing and management platform offers software
solutions to event organisers and marketers for online event
registration, venue selection, event marketing and management,
virtual and onsite solutions, and attendee engagement. Hotels and
venues use Cvent’s supplier and venue solutions to win more MICE
and corporate travel business through Cvent’s sourcing platforms.
For more information, please visit cvent.com/ae.
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