EVENTS BY THE NUMBERS

203 Meetings

Cleveland hosted 203 meetings and conventions in 2022, representing more than 201,000 room nights at area hotels

Nearly 300,000 people visited Cleveland for meetings and conventions in 2022

The city’s two primary convention venues (Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland and the I-X Center) offer a combined 1.5 million square feet of event space and a combined 71 meeting rooms

(with more to come thanks to the renovation of the Global Center)

— Courtesy of Destination Cleveland

Creative Approaches to Involvement

No matter the event, Thompson suggests brainstorming ways to tailor the itinerary to attendees’ interests.

“For example, you may want to provide opportunities for networking and participation in interactive sessions,” she says. “Here at the museum, you can take advantage of what our location offers, perhaps adding a planetarium show or live encounters with our animal ambassadors. These activities encourage team building, and we can definitely help with that.”

Manderfield stresses the importance of making sure corporate sponsorship includes creative, integrated approaches to the experience.

“It’s not just about hanging up banners or putting up a pop-up a booth,” she says. “When we talk with corporations about supporting an event, we discuss their goals at the onset. Then, we develop an activity or create a dimension of the event they own that also delivers value to the guests in attendance.”

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