Meeting Management Companies

Corporate Travel Managers and Meeting Managers, no matter the size or design of their travel or meetings program, experience some form of leakage in their program.  What this means is that at some point the travel  / meeting manager does not know where their travelers are located, how they booked their travel, or even how to locate them in a time of emergency.  Even with the best compliance to a managed travel and meetings program, someone at some point needs to deviate.  Failure to execute on...

Ok so we get it…a good strong SMMP is great for an organization, but what about the integration with the corporate travel department?

As a travel manager it was always frustrating to me that I didn’t have the knowledge of what meetings were happening where and when.  I received complaints from my travelers that it was a cumbersome process for booking and they were confused about whether attending a meeting required them to follow the current travel policy.  There had to be a better way.  I knew...

One of my favorite lines from the greatest baseball movie ever created, Field of Dreams, is “If  you build it, he will come.”  At Cvent, “he” becomes our customers.  We take great pride in listening to our prospect and client requests, and consistently enhance our platform to remain the leader in the meetings management technology space. 

Tonight, we will release hundreds of new features across all of our product lines.  Here are just a few of the highlights:

Strategic Meetings Management

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I'm thrilled to share this special guest blog post from Aberdeen Research Director, Chirstopher Dwyer!  Register now for our special webinar, Emerging Strategies for the Next Generation of Meetings and Events, on Thursday, November 8.  Best, LE

As an industry analyst in multiple spaces (spend management, procurement, events management, travel and expense, contingent workforce management, etc.), I often experience first-hand various “evolutions” within traditional business functions and...

As a member of the new generation in today’s workforce, I am always asked the question, “Why is it important for me to not only have a smartphone, but also have an application for my job or meetings/events for that matter?” There is no concrete answer.  However, like other technologies, mobile and encompassing mobile applications (mobile apps) enable new ways of working and communicating.  In past, we used printed copies of agendas, educational material, and more to gather information to enhance...

Yesterday GBTA wrapped up its 2012 Convention. The theme, “Success in Every Direction” definitely proved fitting as I believe all attendees will leave inspired by new ideas to help them achieve success. Boston proved a fantastic host-city to a record number of supplier and buyer attendees who spent the week learning, networking, and discussing trends and the direction of the industry.  One of the highlights of GBTA’s Convention is always the great key-note speakers and this year’s lineup of...

Meeting managers work with many different departments within an organization (or at least they should), and one of those key stakeholder groups are the folks who are responsible for brand management.  Let’s consider first a few key definitions, courtesy of businessdictionary.com).

What is a brand?

Unique design, sign, symbol, words, or a combination of these, employed in creating an image that identifies a product and differentiates it from its competitors. Over time, this image becomes...

In case you missed it, yesterday Cvent announced that we have acquired, Seedlabs, one of the leading companies for mobile apps for consumer and social events. This acquisition is incredibly exciting for the Cvent team as it not only marks an important milestone for our company as our first ever acquisition, it also means the ability for much more technological innovation across all of our product lines.

Please click here to read our CEO Reggie Aggarwal’s comments on the acquisition and how this...

Ever wonder how other companies are doing with gaining adoption to meeting policies?  Or how much group travel is being routed preferred TMC’s at other organizations?  Now here’s your chance to get some perspective!

Cvent's latest report, Benchmarking Your Strateigc Meetings Management Program, gives you a peek at how other companies are overcoming obstacles and finding success with their SMM initives.

Let us know what you think of the report!

Does your current strategic meetings management strategy include planning for your social media presence? 

These days, it’s hardly enough to just send out an email invitation for a meeting and expect to gain the attention of all of those who should attend your meeting – you need the message to “go viral” and make its way through social media channels and get noticed.  This is true not just for public events, but for corporate and association events as well.  Between LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter...