Richmond
Welcome to Cvent’s Richmond event planning guide – a city guide for Richmond meeting planning and event planning professionals. Richmond's famed historical attractions, paired with its exciting, metropolitan flavor, bring more than five million tourists to Virginia's capital each year. Richmond features a flawless blend of small-town hospitality with the sophistication of an urban locale, an appealing combination to meeting participants and tourists alike.In the city itself, the Greater Richmond Convention Center hosts more than 400 events each year in its modern, 700,000-square-foot facility that spans more than five city blocks. Amenities include a full-service business center, award-winning in-house catering and full-service audio-visual and telecommunications services. The center is also a short distance to more than 50 quality hotels, including the Jefferson Hotel, a National Historic Landmark and one of the 23 hotels in North America to have been awarded both the Mobil 5-Star and AAA 5-Diamond ratings.Venturing outside the city? Richmond is extremely day trip-friendly, located only 100 miles northwest of tourist hotspot Virgini…