2023 Annual Meeting Recap
2022: Travel Returned. Industry Moves Forward.
More than 400 industry partners, collaborators and community stakeholders celebrated the return of travel and tourism at Destination Cleveland’s 2023 Annual Meeting, which was held at The Madison in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood on May 3, 2023.
Restoring the industry to its growth position and ensuring all Clevelanders benefit from travel and tourism’s impact are our top priorities. Destination Cleveland is committed to collaboration, building connections and developing creative solutions to help move the city forward.
The Land of Never Defeated
Cleveland’s travel & tourism industry is back. Throughout 2022, we continued to see sustained progress in important industry metrics. This includes reaching a 60% hotel occupancy rate — a 13% increase over 2021, which is a faster rate than the U.S. occupancy growth.
The Land of Working Together
Something big is happening in Cleveland. When people visit The Land, their perceptions change for the better. Visitors are connecting with Clevelanders through our attractions, events and experiences and are getting that first sample of what it would be like to live and work here. When people come to Cleveland, they are more likely to consider our city as a place to relocate a business, open a new office, attend college, take a tech job, raise a family and follow their dreams. Our residents are bringing visitors home.
The Land of Anything Is Possible
Cleveland’s calendar is full again — from signature events to local celebrations. The next 18 months in The Land are sure to thrill as Cleveland hosts hundreds of meetings and conventions, two major amateur sporting events and a total solar eclipse. These events will bring more than $90 million in economic impact.
This is The Land of new beginnings, fresh starts and charging forward — together. This is The Land of anything is possible.
Murals Across the City
Make Your Mark on The Land
We’re taking the Cleveland brand into the neighborhoods to expand places of interest and drive visitation. Murals Across the City will provide photo-ready, branded walls for residents and visitors to share their love of The Land through their social networks. If you’re an artist, neighborhood representative or building owner interested in learning more about the Murals Across the City project, let’s connect.
