Atlantic City CVB Reports Record Year
January 15, 2018
AC Convention Center
Meet AC, which is Atlantic City’s Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Atlantic City Sports Commission, a department within Meet AC, are reporting another record year in booking future meeting and convention business for Atlantic City.
In 2017, Meet AC booked a total of 255 meetings and conventions representing 313,451-future-hotel-room-nights for Atlantic City. The group tour market was a part of the overall booking number attracting 34,279-hotel-room-nights. The number of future convention delegates to Atlantic City will reach more than 883,993 with a projected economic impact in excess of $348 million.
Meet AC continued to place a greater emphasis on driving more business and increased revenues into the Atlantic City Convention Center throughout 2017. Future bookings now reflect that shift with 65 percent of business being driven into the Atlantic City Convention Center, while the other 35 percent represents single property bookings.
This month, Meet AC will introduce an innovative marketing initiative, which is a virtual reality (VR) experience created through a partnership with YouVisit. Meeting planners, brands, and prospective visitors can now experience everything Atlantic City’s convention scene has to offer from the comfort of their chairs. Additional information will be unveiled Tuesday, January 16.