The FINANCIAL — Omni Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce that the Omni Nashville Hotel ranked No. 1 on Cvent’s list of the Top 100 U.S. meeting and events hotels in 2016. In addition to Omni Nashville Hotel taking top honors, the Omni Dallas Hotel ranked No. 35; Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center at No. 65; Omni Shoreham Hotel in D.C. ranked No. 85; and the Omni Fort Worth Hotel rounded out the list at No. 90.
Cvent, Inc., one of the leading cloud-based enterprise event management companies, developed the list according to meeting and event booking activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, one the world’s largest and most accurate databases of detailed venue information, featuring approximately 240,000 hotels, resorts, and special event venues, according to Omni Hotels.
“We could not be more proud that the Omni Nashville Hotel was named the top meeting and event hotel in the country by Cvent,” said Mark Wykes, vice president of hotel sales & marketing for Omni Hotels & Resorts. “The team in Nashville has done a tremendous job, and this is a true testament to everyone at our Music City property. We are just as pleased and honored that four of our other properties ranked among the top 100 meetings and events hotels by Cvent. This validates the significant effort we put into making all our hotels an attractive choice for industry meetings and events.”
Known as the ‘Key to Music City,’ the Omni Nashville Hotel offers a one-of-a-kind Nashville experience. It is located across the street from the Music City Center, fully integrates with an expansion of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on three levels, and is within walking distance of the city’s burgeoning restaurants, cultural attractions, live music and sports venues.
Connected by a sky bridge to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, the LEED Gold-certified Omni Dallas Hotel has more 110,000 square feet of meeting space, and provides planners access to an additional 2.1 million square feet of meeting and event space at the convention center. Located in the center of downtown, the hotel is close to restaurants, shops, museums and entertainment options.
The only four-diamond convention hotel in downtown Atlanta, the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center boasts 45 meeting rooms with more than 120,000 square feet of function space, including the 19,864-square-foot Grand Ballroom. A brand new connector from the hotel to the Georgia World Congress Center and College Football Hall of Fame provides seamless access between all three venues.
Since 1930, the luxurious Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. has played host to presidents, world leaders and inaugural balls, making it a true Washington landmark. Its 24 meeting rooms, more than 100,000 square feet of meeting space, and seven unique ballrooms are the perfect backdrop for any meeting, wedding or special event.
The Omni Fort Worth Hotel is situated across from the Fort Worth Convention Center, and provides wide-open meeting spaces and charming guest rooms. Big, even by legendary “Lone Star” standards, the hotel features almost 68,000 square feet of meeting and function space. The hotel represents progressive luxury and offers amenities illustrating the Western spirit embodied by the city that surrounds it.
Cvent evaluated hotel properties that generated business through the Cvent Supplier Network from January 2015 through December 2015. The properties were ranked on various criteria, including total requests for proposals (RFPs), awarded RFPs, total room nights, awarded room nights, major metropolitan area (MMA) market share, conversion rate, and the hotel’s unique profile visits in the Cvent Supplier Network. The criteria are designed to provide the most accurate reflection of the top meeting hotels in the U.S. and Europe.
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