Articles tagged “cvent”

Where Cvent leads, the rest of the event technology sector follows. That said, no one has yet to win out when it comes to emerging technologies like augmented reality and better solutions for sourcing small events.

Cvent wants to make it easier for customers to use a variety of its tools, in order to leverage the wide spectrum of data it collects on attendee behavior. Owing to the complexity of its platform, this remains a work in progress.

Corporate confidence is high, so more meetings are taking place offsite. This is putting pressure on planners to source and plan events more efficiently, so many are turning to mobile tools to help.

Stopping people under 21 years old from being able to effortlessly buy assault rifles is a societal decision. But it remains open for debate on how travel companies should treat a gun lobby that opposes such a move.

Innovation in event technology today relates as much to how planners use the platforms that already exist, as compared to new advancements in the technology itself.

With Vista already owning Lanyon, the writing was on the wall for this merger.

Big travel management companies are going to look to acquire technology companies and smaller competitors as they struggle to scale up their technology platforms.

Cvent's new data platform helps meeting planners and convention bureaus compare sourcing trends and pricing patterns within their competitive sets.

By making its destination rankings more global in scope, Cvent hopes to expand its brand identity, exposure, and reach worldwide.

The biggest players in the convention industry are pivoting their operations to align with evolving digital platform trends, including the rise of the sharing economy.