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EXHIBITOR Magazine Announces Top U.S. Trade Show and Event Cities

10/17/2018

EXHIBITOR magazine, the award-winning leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, has released the results of its 2018 Travel and Accommodations Survey. According to those results, face-to-face marketers spend an average of nearly seven weeks per year traveling to trade shows and corporate events in cities across the globe. The survey, which queried nearly 200 exhibit and event professionals, sought to determine what cities those marketers are frequenting, as well as which are among their favorite business-travel destinations.

“Not surprisingly, the most popular cities for trade show- and event-related travel include Las Vegas, Orlando, Chicago, New Orleans, and Washington, DC,” said Travis Stanton, editor of EXHIBITOR. “But when asked what about their favorite cities to visit for exhibitions and corporate events, respondents added San Diego, Nashville, San Francisco, Boston, and Austin, TX, to the aforementioned hot spots.”

The 20 most popular trade show and event destinations, as well as the 20 cities cited most frequently as favorite business-travel destinations, are ranked below, based on respondents’ input.

Most Popular Cities for Trade Shows and Corporate Events
  1. Las Vegas
  2. Orlando, FL
  3. Chicago
  4. New Orleans
  5. Washington, DC
  6. San Diego
  7. Atlanta
  8. Dallas
  9. Anaheim, CA
  10. New York
  11. San Francisco
  12. Nashville, TN
  13. Denver
  14. Austin, TX
  15. Houston
  16. Boston
  17. Los Angeles
  18. Phoenix
  19. San Antonio
  20. Philadelphia

Exhibit and Event Professionals’ Favorite Cities for Trade Shows and Events
  1. Las Vegas
  2. San Diego
  3. New Orleans
  4. Chicago
  5. Nashville, TN
  6. San Francisco
  7. Orlando, FL
  8. Boston
  9. Washington, DC
  10. Austin, TX
  11. Seattle
  12. Anaheim, CA
  13. Denver
  14. Honolulu
  15. New York
  16. San Antonio
  17. Miami
  18. Long Beach, CA
  19. Fort Lauderdale, FL
  20. Dallas

Full results from the 2018 Travel and Accommodations Survey will be published in the November issue of EXHIBITOR magazine, and are online now at: www.ExhibitorOnline.com/topics/article.asp?ID=2677


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The leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, Exhibitor Media Group publishes the award-winning EXHIBITOR magazine, a monthly publication featuring best practices in trade show marketing. EXHIBITOR's learning events include: EXHIBITORLIVE, the professional development conference for trade show and corporate event marketers; EXHIBITORFastTrak accelerated learning conferences; and EXHIBITOR eTrak, professional online learning. Exhibitor Media Group is also the founder and sponsor of CTSM (Certified Trade Show Marketer), the industry's only university-affiliated professional certification program. Learn more at www.ExhibitorOnline.com.

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