Cvent Names Atlanta a Top Five Global Meeting Destination for 2025

May 20, 2025

May 20, 2025

Cvent, an industry-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, unveiled its 2025 rankings of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels globally. Atlanta ranked number five among all global destinations.

“CVENT’s recognition of Atlanta as a top five meeting destination in North America underscores our commitment to truly exceptional experiences,” said Charlene Lopez, executive vice president and chief sales officer, Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Our collaboration with CVENT allows us to extend the reach and impact of events, showcasing our strong sense of community,  world-class venues, vibrant dining scene, extensive hotel portfolio and must-see attractions.”

Cvent’s rankings have become indispensable for event planners, highlighting top-of-the-line cities, hotels and venues for all their event needs. The annual lists are issued regionally for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa and for the first time this year, Latin America and Caribbean. Cvent also unveiled a new Top Lists category, the Top Venues and Vendors, which analyzes data from the Cvent Vendor Marketplace.

The destination and hotel rankings are determined based on insights gleaned from the more than $18B of global sourcing and request-for-proposal (RFP) activity through Cvent’s sourcing platforms in 2024, including a record-breaking $16.5B through the Cvent Supplier Network, one of the world’s largest group hotel and venue sourcing marketplaces. The unparalleled volume of business sourced in 2024 underscores the high demand for quality, in-person touchpoints. Despite a dip in planner optimism due to macroeconomic uncertainty and rising costs, nearly 70 percent of planners are actively booking or sourcing new events and 63 percent see events as more valuable than they were pre-pandemic (Northstar/Cvent Meetings Industry PULSE Survey, March 2025). This trend is further supported by Cvent’s 2025 Planner Sourcing Report, which found that nearly 90 percent of planners expect the number of in-person meetings to increase in 2025.