Association Conventions & Facilities magazine proudly presents the designees of our America’s Premier Convention Centers for 2024.

Association Conventions & Facilities magazine proudly presents the designees of our 2023 America’s Premier Convention Centers.

While convention centers were deprived of their usual influx of groups since the onset of the pandemic, many approached the downtime very productively.

These destinations go above and beyond to stand out among the many destinations around the country.

These venues go above and beyond to stand out among the many convention centers around the country.

It’s not surprising that convention centers are often in update mode, from increasing technological capabilities and sustainability to adding meeting space, among other things.

In the not-so-distant past, hotel cuisine easily outshined that of convention centers. But that generalization no longer holds, as convention center catering staffs have been upping their game.

No issue is more important to association conventions and trade shows than the safety and security of staff and attendees. Yet, experts say, too many associations are woefully underprepared for catastrophic incidents such as a terrorist attack, violent protest, natural disaster or medical emergency.

New or recently renovated convention center hotels have seen an increase in overall group business, a result of favorable macroeconomic trends that are currently boosting budgets for corporate events.

City business and political leaders around the country are figuring out how to best spend their allotted budgets to expand their local convention centers as the business climate improves.