Find press releases, accolades and other news from Memphis' Renasant Convention Center and Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, as well as updates from Memphis Tourism's Sales, Sports & Convention Team, here.
Find press releases, accolades and other news from Memphis' Renasant Convention Center and Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, as well as updates from Memphis Tourism's Sales, Sports & Convention Team, here.
For a second year, the Renasant Convention Center has earned the Bronze Medal for Best Convention Center – Southeast in the 2025 Northstar Stella Awards, recognizing excellence in service, innovation, and event experience across the meetings and events industry. Learn More.
The Renasant Convention Center has been honored with a 2025 Prime Site Award from Facilities & Destinations. This distinction recognizes venues that have earned high regard from meeting planners, exhibition producers, and trade show professionals for outstanding performance and client service.
For the fourth consecutive year, Memphis' Renasant Convention Center was named a Center of Excellence by EXHIBITOR Magazine. Learn more
Memphis' Renasant Convention Center was named the bronze medal winner for Best Convention Center - Southeast in the 2024 Northstar Stella Awards. Learn more
Memphis' Renasant Convention Center was again named Best Convention Center by Smart Meetings' Smart Stars 2023. 2023 marks the second consecutive year the venue has received this planner’s choice award. Learn more
Renasant Convention Center and its managing partner, Memphis Tourism, have been honored with a Readers’ Choice Award by ConventionSouth Magazine. This is the sixth consecutive year Memphis Tourism has earned the distinction. Learn more
For the third year in a row, the Renasant Convention Center is named to EXHIBITOR Magazine's Annual Centers of Excellence list, honoring North America's best convention centers for trade shows and corporate events. Learn more
Memphis' Renasant Convention Center was named Best Convention Center by Smart Meetings' Smart Stars 2022, a planner’s choice award based on the actual experiences of Smart Meetings magazine readers at venues and destinations around the world. Learn more
In addition to being named among EXHIBITOR Magazine's 2022 Centers of Excellence, Memphis' Renasant Convention Center was one of seven facilities recognized by EXHIBITOR with a special award: Best Customer Service & On-Site Support. Learn more
Memphis is named to TIME's annual list of the World's Greatest Destinations, ranking among destinations in France, South Africa and Costa Rica. Learn more.
Given the unusual circumstances of 2020 and 2021, Facilities & Destinations readers nominated Memphis Tourism as a Top Destination based on their experiences working with the organization, Memphis Tourism's efforts to communicate and promote COVID-19 safety measures and the organization's service to the community throughout these challenging times.
MPI's Rich Luna covered the Nov. 17 ceremonial lighting of Memphis' Renasant Convention Center. Read the full article, "Expanded Renasant Convention Center Lights up Memphis," here.
The Renasant Convention Center earns GBAC STARTM-Accreditation, the only outbreak prevention, response and recovery accreditation for facilities. Learn more
Press Release: Renasant Bank Announces Naming Rights Partnership with Memphis Convention Center Learn more
