Cvent, Inc., a leading cloud-based enterprise event management company, has today revealed its first annual list of the top 25 cities for meetings and events in Asia Pacific (APAC). The report also outlines the top 50 cities in the United States, and the top 25 in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. The rankings were compiled according to meeting and event booking activity through the Cvent Supplier Network. Cvent sourced $9.8 billion in meetings and events globally through its marketplace in 2015.
In the Asia Pacific, Singapore claimed the number one spot followed by Sydney and Kuala Lumpur. Also making the top 5 cities were Bangkok and Hong Kong.
The top 10 cities identified in Asia Pacific were:
To see the full list of the top cities for each region, please visit here.
Kevin Fliess, Vice President Cvent Supplier Network Product Marketing comments, “Asia Pacific is a region characterised by significant diversity in terms of the meetings and travel infrastructure that it has to offer. As we can see from the results of our report, it is the larger cities in the region, which are dominating in terms of popularity for meetings and events. It’s also great to see that South Korea has made the top 10 as the destination as it continues to to build on its infrastructure and meetings offering.”
Destinations around the world compete on a variety of factors including the accessibility of the destination and facilities for events, price and price flexibility, quality of facilities, quality of services, personal safety for attendees, and having a point of differentiation.
Cvent evaluated more than 500 APAC cities featured on the Cvent Supplier Networkto compile the first annual list. Activity was tracked from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 and the ranking was then determined by a set of qualifying criteria consisting of:
Featuring more than 230,000 hotels, resorts and special event venues, the Cvent Supplier Network is one of the world's largest and most accurate databases of detailed venue information. It contains listings of hotels and other venues in more than 175 countries that can be searched and filtered based on approximately 200 characteristics and data fields. The Cvent Supplier Network is part of the Cvent Hospitality Cloud which provides hotels, CVBs, and other event venue owners a combination of event management software and marketing solutions to more effectively generate qualified demand for meetings and events, manage that demand more efficiently, and measure group business performance.
In the Asia Pacific, Singapore claimed the number one spot followed by Sydney and Kuala Lumpur. Also making the top 5 cities were Bangkok and Hong Kong.
The top 10 cities identified in Asia Pacific were:
- Singapore
- Sydney, Australia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Hong Kong
- Shanghai, China
- Melbourne, Australia
- Tokyo, Japan
- Beijing, China
- Seoul, South Korea
To see the full list of the top cities for each region, please visit here.
Kevin Fliess, Vice President Cvent Supplier Network Product Marketing comments, “Asia Pacific is a region characterised by significant diversity in terms of the meetings and travel infrastructure that it has to offer. As we can see from the results of our report, it is the larger cities in the region, which are dominating in terms of popularity for meetings and events. It’s also great to see that South Korea has made the top 10 as the destination as it continues to to build on its infrastructure and meetings offering.”
Destinations around the world compete on a variety of factors including the accessibility of the destination and facilities for events, price and price flexibility, quality of facilities, quality of services, personal safety for attendees, and having a point of differentiation.
Cvent evaluated more than 500 APAC cities featured on the Cvent Supplier Networkto compile the first annual list. Activity was tracked from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 and the ranking was then determined by a set of qualifying criteria consisting of:
- Unique Request For Proposals Received
- Total Room Nights
- Awarded Request For Proposals
- Awarded Room Nights
- Percentage of Qualified Meeting Venues
- Number of Profile Views
Featuring more than 230,000 hotels, resorts and special event venues, the Cvent Supplier Network is one of the world's largest and most accurate databases of detailed venue information. It contains listings of hotels and other venues in more than 175 countries that can be searched and filtered based on approximately 200 characteristics and data fields. The Cvent Supplier Network is part of the Cvent Hospitality Cloud which provides hotels, CVBs, and other event venue owners a combination of event management software and marketing solutions to more effectively generate qualified demand for meetings and events, manage that demand more efficiently, and measure group business performance.
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