Cedar Rapids to Host Small Market Meetings Conference

Small Market Meetings Conference has selected Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the host city for its 2023 annual meeting. Small Market Meetings showcases the midsize cities of North America to meeting, conference and convention planners to create destination awareness in planning future events.

Cedar Rapids will host up to three hundred delegates of the Small Market Meeting Conference on September 27-29, 2023. The meeting planner delegates attending Small Market Meetings Conference are expected to come from twenty states across the country to explore the city. Cedar Rapids has a wonderful opportunity to showcase its hospitality community to event planners seeking to book future meetings, conferences and conventions. The conference will utilize the Alliant Energy PowerHouse Convention Complex and the Doubletree by Hilton Cedar Rapids.

“This is a first for Cedar Rapids. We have never had the opportunity to host this many convention and meeting planners,” said Michael Silva, Executive Director of VenuWorks of Cedar Rapids / Cedar Rapids Tourism Office. “We look forward to sharing first-hand how well conferences and meetings work in our community.”

Small Market Meetings Conference was brought to Cedar Rapids through the efforts of the Cedar Rapids Tourism Office and is in good company with past annual conferences located in Little Rock, AR: Jacksonville, FL; Mesa, AR and Ontario, CA to name a few. Small Market Meetings Conference in 2023 will mark the fourteenth annual gathering of the organization.

“Cedar Rapids is a vibrant city that welcomes visitors with great hospitality and offers top notch space to hold meetings,” stated Charlie Presley, president of Small Market Meetings Conference. “Our meeting planners will discover a hidden gem of a destination when they experience Cedar Rapids.”

About Small Market Meetings Conference

When it comes to meeting destinations, think small for big results! Small Market Meetings Conference is a national organization for small to medium sized groups. Our Conference is brought to you by the Nation’s leading publication dedicated to serving small to medium markets in America. When meeting planners look for something special—they look for Small Market Meetings Conference.