SMM Program

Does the thought of implementing meetings management technology overwhelm you?  How will you put all these puzzle pieces together, and then train your staff on using the tool?  At Cvent, our experienced SMM Consultants guide you through our proven implementation model, removing the intimidation factor and ensuring a successful deployment of your meetings technology.

This week we’ll walk you through our step by step process of helping our clients to not only implement meetings technology,...

Starting this month, we will spend Fridays discussing ways that technology can help you with your meetings program. We will take a deep look at some of the most valuable features across meetings management, sourcing, attendee management, and reporting. We will also highlight new features from Cvent's technology releases as we continue to innovate and help drive the future of meetings technology.

Technology is an integral part of any meetings program. It helps you automate processes, reduce time...

This week Cvent sponsored the BTN Group’s Travel Management 2013 conference. As a sponsor, I had the opportunity to attend this event, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I want to thank the BTN Group for letting Cvent get involved!

The one-day conference covered a wide variety of current topics in the travel industry, including demand management, hotel rates and rate loading, airline trends, and the legal ramifications of risk management. Each of these sessions were very informative and...

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...

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!

 “Best Practices in SMM Strategic Sourcing” features:

Tips on how to build the business case for strategic sourcing as part of a SMMP 

Concrete steps for each phase of the strategic sourcing process, including: assessing the current meetings situation, analyzing the market, developing...

Cvent will be attending the GBTA International Convention, held Sunday, August 21 through Wednesday, August 24, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.  This year the show is expected to engage over 6,000 attendees and nearly 400 exhibitors!

To kick off the conference, we'll be hosting a reception Sunday evening from 9-11 pm at The Corner Office Restaurant to celebrate our recent investment news with the industry. This is the place to be after GBTA’s opening reception, and we...

Cvent is excited to announce our July 2011 release, which will go live tonight! This is a very exciting release for our SMM clients and prospects as we continue to lead the market in flexibility and user-friendliness within our solution to ensure our clients achieve success with their SMM programs.

This release focused on four main areas to help companies expand their meetings program: globalization/localization, budget and spend management, HCP spend tracking, and reporting.

Budgeting and...

Heads up! We here at Cvent are gearing up for a major product release in the third quarter. If you run a strategic meetings management (SMM) program at a pharmaceutical or life sciences company, your life is about to become much easier with a new module our SMM technology solution designed just for you.

The pharma/life sciences module is just one of our upcoming technology improvements. Cvent Vice President of Enterprise Sales Anil Punyapu recently spoke with Business Travel News about the new...