A company that tracks the meetings and conventions industry has named Las Vegas as the second-best convention destination in North America and three Las Vegas resorts are in the top 10 for hosting meeting events.
Las Vegas only trailed Orlando, Florida, as the top convention host in 2025 and three resorts — The Venetian (No. 3), Fontainebleau (No. 5) and Wynn and Encore Las Vegas (No. 7) — landed in the top 10 list of host hotels in North America, according to Tysons Corner, Virginia-based Cvent.
The versatile Industrial Event Space of Las Vegas also was recognized by Cvent as the leading meeting venue in North America, while Area15 was ranked fifth.
The list rankings are designed to help meeting planners make decisions on where to conduct their events in 2026 and beyond.
The rankings are determined based on insights gleaned from more than $20 billion of global sourcing and request-for-proposal activity through Cvent’s sourcing platforms in 2025, including the Cvent Supplier Network, one of the world’s largest group hotel and venue sourcing marketplaces. The record sourcing activity seen in 2025 reflects more than demand-driven growth, a Cvent representative said. It signals a structural shift in how organizations are prioritizing face-to-face engagement in an increasingly digital-first landscape.
Orlando has claimed the top spot on Cvent’s list for the past 11 years.
The annual lists are issued regionally for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and Latin America & Caribbean. The rankings were announced live at a press conference at IMEX Frankfurt.
Visit Orlando, the convention and visitors bureau for Orange County, Florida, said Cvent works with it to match meeting and convention organizers with Orlando venues. No Orlando hotel made the top 10 list in the resort category.
“Through Cvent’s innovative technology platform, Visit Orlando works closely with our partners to connect planners with the right resources across a destination that continues to evolve and offers solutions for meetings of every size — reinforcing Orlando’s position as the top-ranked meetings destination in the country,” Casandra Matej, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, said in a Wednesday release.
Las Vegas outpaced Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago; Dallas; Atlanta; San Diego, California; New York City; Austin, Texas; and Washington D.C. on the North America list.
Cvent said the 2025 rankings highlight a dual trend: the renewed strength of gateway cities like New York, alongside continued momentum from high-growth meeting hubs such as Nashville and Austin—underscoring planners’ appetite for destinations that pair scale with differentiated experiences unique to their locations.
Cvent cited Las Vegas as having 291 qualified hotel venues, 300 special event venues, 4.6 million square feet available for meetings and conventions, 150,211 guest rooms, a hotel with 7.093 guest rooms (MGM Grand) as the largest hotel, an average daily room rate of $193, an occupancy rate of 83.6 percent, 3,800 restaurants, daily food costs of $81 and a tax rate of 12 percent.
Cvent also ranks meeting and convention cities globally. The other top 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.
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