group meetings
Knowland Reports Continued Double-Digit Growth as Group Demand Returns
Knowland | October 6, 2021
U.S. Meetings and Events Volume Up 17.2 Percent for September 2021 ARLINGTON, Va. — Oct. 6, 2021— Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, today released its monthly meetings and events data for September. The numbers reveal that September U.S. group meetings volume increased 17.2 percent over August 2021. Double-digit growth continues as group demand returns. New metric levels are emerging which may be a result of short-term adjustments during this transitional period or the signaling of a reset of industry KPIs. • Average attendees hit highest number since ...
Hunter Conference Marks a Return to In-Person Conferences
Rod Clough | May 27, 2021
By Rod Clough As to be expected, the prevalent theme was that leisure demand continues to drive the initial recovery, with corporate transient and meeting/group demand lagging, but one must wonder if meeting/group demand will bounce back quicker than anticipated given the rather last-minute popularity of this event. Multiple panels reported that small and mid-sized corporate group bookings are picking up, which will be a critical piece of the recovery story in the second half of 2021. Also highlighted was that travel would return to normal more quickly if/when companies quicken their return to the office and once normal in-classroom educat...
Meetings & Conventions Magazine Names Benchmark’s Ellen Sinclair One of the “Top 25 Women in the Meetings Industry”
November 8, 2018
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, November 2018 … Ellen Sinclair, senior vice president of operations at BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, is among the "Top 25 Women in the Meetings Industry" honored by the leading Meetings & Conventions magazine. The current issue features a cover story on the visionary meetings and hospitality professionals who have demonstrated extraordinary talent, leadership, creativity and advocacy in the field. The list of honorees includes leaders from all segments of the meetings industry: hotels, conference centers, convention and visitors bureaus, corporations and associations. "We are de...
Cvent Releases List of Top 100 Meeting Hotels in the United States
Cvent | January 13, 2015
Tysons Corner, Va. - Jan. 13, 2015 - Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event management platform, today announces its annual list of the top meeting hotels in the United States. Cvent operates one of the world's largest global marketplaces for group meetings business on the Cvent Supplier Network (CSN). Cvent is estimating that $10 Billion worth of group business will flow through its network in 2015. Leading the list of the Top 100 U.S. Meeting Hotels are the following properties from locations across the country: ARIA Resort & Casino - Las Vegas, NV Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center - Nashv...
