As well as the Virginia Beach Convention Center, the city will complete a new 285,000-square-foot sports center next year that will feature a 117,000-square-foot multipurpose pillarless venue.

The Hawaii Convention Center is the city’s largest venue, but there are many hotels with extensive conference facilities in the area, all of which weathered last year’s hurricane.

The Hyatt Regency Kentucky is a freshly renovated hotel near the Lexington Convention Center.

The expanded Anaheim Convention Center and a brand new JW Marriott meeting hotel are just two of the newest venues in Anaheim.

A new boutique hotel and outdoor events plaza, as well as a waterfront convention center (which is turning its roof into a public park), all add up to a big draw for planners.

In the last 18 months, the number of hotel rooms near the El Paso Convention Center has doubled.

Highlights include the San Jose McEnery Convention Center and a new meeting hotel in nearby Milpitas, five miles from San Jose International Airport.

The soon-to-be-expanded Austin Convention Center and the Palmer Events Center, a new dual-brand hotel, and the expanded Omni Barton Creek, are just some of the large venues in the Texas capital.

The Mesa Convention Center has an adjacent amphitheater for open-air events, and planners will find a brand-new events center at the nearby Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino. 

Near the Tampa Convention Center, two new hotels with meeting space opened this year. The Hotel Alba is the first Tapestry Collection by Hilton property in the city, and Karol Hotel is part of Marriott International’s Tribute Collection.