Cvent Top Lists 2026

Cvent Top Lists are annual rankings of the top meeting hotels, destinations, venues, and vendors worldwide, based on how planners actually source and award group business through Cvent’s marketplaces, including the Cvent Supplier Network, Venue Directory, and Cvent Vendor Marketplace powered by Reposite.

The main audiences for Cvent Top Lists are:

1. Event planners and travel managers who use the lists as a shortcut to find high-performing properties, destinations, and partners.
2. Hotels, venues, destinations, and vendors who use the recognition to showcase their performance, stand out in competitive markets, and tell their success stories to customers and internal stakeholders.

Cvent Top Lists recognize meeting-focused hotels, venues, destinations, and non-venue vendors that are listed in Cvent’s marketplaces (Cvent Supplier Network, Venue Directory, and the Cvent Vendor Marketplace, Powered by Reposite) and show strong, data-driven performance based on actual sourcing and awarded group business during the list period.

1. Rankings are derived from Cvent-sourced business, not based on editorial opinion or paid placement. Cvent analyzes marketplace performance metrics such as:
   1. Business received and business won (RFP volume and awarded business)
   2. Market share within the relevant region or segment
   3. Conversion rate and response performance
2. The exact criteria vary slightly by list and region, but all are grounded in objective sourcing and booking activity across our marketplaces.
3. It is important to note that Cvent Top Lists are not pay-to-play. You cannot buy your way onto a Cvent Top List. Eligibility and rankings are determined by performance data, not by advertising spend or contract value.

Each year’s lists are based on a full calendar year of completed sourcing data from Cvent’s marketplaces (January 1–December 31 of the prior year). This ensures the rankings reflect sustained performance over time rather than short-term spikes.

Cvent publishes multiple lists so planners and suppliers can explore performance by region and list type:

1. Top Meeting Hotels (includes regional lists for North America, Europe, APAC, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America & Caribbean)
2. Top Destinations (includes the same regions for Top Meeting Hotels)
3. Top 50 Meeting Venues in North America
4. Sourced from CSN and Cvent Vendor Marketplace, Powered by Reposite
5. Top 50 Meeting Venues in the UK
   1. Sourced from Venue Directory
6. Top 50 Meeting Vendors
   1. Sourced from Cvent Vendor Marketplace, Powered by Reposite

On the Top Lists site, you can refine hotel and venue rankings using filters such as:

1. Region or sub region
2. Venue type
3. Meeting space size and guest rooms
4. Chain affiliation
5. Program specific indicators like Cvent Passkey or Cvent Event Diagramming enablement where available 

These filters help you quickly build shortlists that match your event profile and regional focus

1. For planners, Cvent Top Lists are a trusted starting point for venue and destination discovery:
   1. Use the lists to identify high-performing options in your preferred region.
   2. Apply filters to narrow by venue type, size, or brand.
   3. Click through to detailed venue or destination profiles to evaluate fit, then send RFPs directly through Cvent.
2. Because the rankings are grounded in real sourcing and booking behavior, they highlight places where planners are already seeing strong results.

For suppliers, inclusion on a Cvent Top List is a signal of market leadership. Many organizations:

1. Promote their ranking across owned channels (web, email, social, sales materials).
2. Share the news with internal teams and stakeholders to celebrate performance.
3. Incorporate Top Lists badges and messaging into their website, marketing materials, proposals, and presentations to reinforce credibility with planners.

Cvent Top Lists are highly competitive. With hundreds of thousands of hotels, venues, and destinations in Cvent’s marketplaces, only a small percentage are recognized each year. Not appearing on a list does not mean your property or destination isn’t a strong option. It simply means that, relative to peers, performance metrics in the last calendar year did not reach the Top List threshold.

Because Top Lists are data-driven, improvements should focus on performance in Cvent’s marketplaces, including:

1. Increasing qualified RFP volume and awarded business
2. Improving response rates and speed to respond
3. Strengthening conversion rates and share of regional business

Your Cvent account team can provide more detailed guidance, benchmarks, and best practices tailored to your region and portfolio.

1. Yes. Cvent Top Lists are global and broken down into the following regional rankings:
   1. North America
   2. Europe
   3. Asia Pacific (APAC)
   4. Middle East & Africa (MEA)
   5. Latin America & Caribbean
2. On the Top Lists pages you can browse by region to see which hotels, destinations, venues, and vendors are leading in any part of the world.

Cvent Top Lists are intentionally structured to spotlight performance within each major region, not only at a global level. That means:

1. Hotels, venues, destinations, and vendors compete against regional peers, helping emerging markets and local champions stand out.
2. The public hub and campaign assets give Cvent regional teams and partners content they can localize for EU, APAC, LATAM, MEA, and North America, driving awareness and engagement in-region.

1. Cvent hosts a Top Lists media kit with:
   1. Badges and graphics for web and social
      1. Sample press releases and talking points
      2. Templates and guidance for promoting your ranking
2. You can access the media kit from the Top Lists site.