Discover Puerto Rico, the Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) of the Island has announced that Puerto Rico will be the host of Connect Marketplace 2022, bringing approximately 2,000 tourism and hospitality professionals to the Island.
This event will take place May 22-23, 2022, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, utilizing numerous hotel properties and DISTRITO T-Mobile, with an estimated economic impact of $3M. The announcement was made at the Connect Marketplace 2021 Convention in Tampa, Florida. “As the meetings industry experiences a great deal of change and transformation, Puerto Rico is positioned to play a key role in the recovery of this important segment.
This event positions Puerto Rico well to accelerate the recovery of our Island by hosting key buyers and enlightening them on all that Puerto Rico has to offer,” expressed Brad Dean, CEO of Discover Puerto Rico.
This event will generate over 35,000 one-on-one business appointments between meeting and hospitality professionals, attracting people from the United States and beyond, representing the following markets: Corporate, Financial, Tech, and Insurance; Associations; Sports Diversity; Women in Sports; Luxury/Incentive; and Citywide. “Connect is very excited to go to Puerto Rico next year. It’s always been a great destination to bring events, but the addition of DISTRITO T-Mobile takes it to a whole new level. We look forward to working together with Discover Puerto Rico to activate a great conference for 2,000 members of the best event professionals in the industry,” mentioned Chris Collinson, President of Connect Meetings.
Through this event, Discover Puerto Rico will showcase various locations and additional municipalities and partners outside of San Juan through pre and post FAMs. The DMO and Connect will work together to promote this event to maximize attendance and ROI.
