What is the
Supplier Network?

The Cvent Supplier Network is the industry's most comprehensive online database of hotels, special event venues, conference centers, convention centers, restaurants, audio-visual companies, caterers and more – over 200,000 venues and 20,000 suppliers. Meeting planners gain access to the largest source of meeting venue data in the world; venues and suppliers can earn meetings business from our global network of qualified meeting planners.

No Commission or
Transaction Fees from Cvent

The Cvent Supplier Network is free and open for anyone to use. We do not charge commission or transaction fees on booked business or sales leads. The goal of the Supplier Network is to give meeting planners and event venues a seamless way to meet and do business – not to act as a middle man. So log on, and see how the Supplier Network is changing the group meetings business.

Our MICE Customers

Some of the biggest names in the meetings industry use the Cvent Supplier Network to book meeting space. Major third party planners rely on Cvent to efficiently source venues and services for thousands of meetings every year. Enterprise corporations and small to mid-sized businesses likewise use Cvent to find venues, track data and streamline the sourcing process.

Tutorials and Training

How to Create a Request for Proposal (RFP)
Walk through Cvent's step-by-step RFP Wizard to share event information, like the meeting agenda, sleeping room block and other important details so that venues can be aware of your business opportunity.
How to Send an RFP to Venues
Send an RFP to venues so that they can compete for your business and respond to your request with a proposal through Cvent. Depending on your account settings, you can even copy an industry contact or global sales contact on the request.
How to Compare Venue Responses to an RFP
Instead of manually sifting through each venues' individual response to your RFP, run the View Bids report to compare and contrast the venues' proposals in an Excel.
How to Award the Business to a Venue
Upon going to contract with one or more venues, communicate that they have won your business in Cvent by awarding their proposal(s).
How to Edit and Re-send an RFP
Planners can edit an RFP at any time. When the RFP is modified, the changes are automatically updated within the supplier's account.
How to View or Print Proposals
Planners can view individual responses to their RFP without running a report or printing the response(s).

Additional Best Practices

Top Tips to Search for a Venue
With over 200,000 venues listed on the Cvent Supplier Network, make sure you know how to quickly locate the most qualified venues for your meetings and events.

What is the
Supplier Network?

No Commission or
Transaction Fees from Cvent

Our MICE Customers

Tutorials and Training

Additional Best Practices

Hotel Partners

Planning Partners

What is the Supplier Network?

No Commission or Transaction Fees from Cvent

Our MICE Customers

Tutorials and Training

Additional Best Practices

Hotel Partners

Planning Partners

What is the
Supplier Network?

No Commission or
Transaction Fees from Cvent