Cvent Excellence Award Winners Honored at Cvent CONNECT 2022
Winners represent a diverse mix of leading organizations and hotels that prove the powerful role technology plays in delivering more engaging experiences and driving positive results
LAS VEGAS – April 13, 2022 – Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, announced the winners of the 2022 Cvent Excellence Awards during the company’s annual customer conference, Cvent CONNECT. The awards program, now in its tenth year, recognizes industry leaders from a diverse set of organizations who use Cvent technology in new and inspiring ways to deliver best-in-class event experiences and drive positive business results. Winners were selected from hundreds of submissions and embody the best in their respective industries. Finalists and winners were recognized at a live in-person ceremony on April 12 in Las Vegas at CAESARS FORUM. The event was also broadcast to a global virtual audience of meeting, events, and hospitality professionals.
“Over the last two years, we’ve seen monumental change across the meetings and events industry, and this year’s Cvent Excellence Awards winners have not only adapted to those changes, but thrived in the new digital-first environment,” said Patrick Smith, chief marketing officer at Cvent. “Through their innovative use of technology, these award-winning organizations, hotels, event professionals, and marketers have achieved impressive results. All of us at Cvent extend a well-deserved congratulations to each of this year’s finalists and winners who have embraced technology as a core competency and are driving the transformation of our industry.”
The 2022 award winners are:
Block Buster | Excellence and Ingenuity with Room-Block Bookings
Gaylord Palms
Business Intelligencer | Outstanding Achievement in Hospitality Analytics
Loews Hotels
Group Game Changer | Best Group Sales and Marketing Strategy
The Wigwam
Clever Collaborator | Seamless Collaboration
Atrium Hospitality
Hometown Hero | Expanding Awareness and Building Connections
Visit Anaheim
Planner’s Choice | Create Lasting Partnerships
Westin Tampa Bay
Event Marketing Mastermind | Best Event Marketing Strategy
YPO
SMMP Sensation | Strategic Meetings Management Program of the Year
Medtronic
Ace of Spaces | Effective Sourcing and Safe In-Person Experience
BCD Meetings & Events
Hybrid Hotshot | Best Hybrid Event Experience
Morningstar
Cvent Rookie of the Year
American Marketing Association
ROI Rockstar | Best Return on Event
Xilinx
Pivotal Partner | Cvent Partner of the Year
Fox World Travel
Virtual Virtuoso | Best Virtual Events Program
Independent College Bookstore Association (ICBA)
Power of the Platform – Single Conference
Allscripts Healthcare, LLC
Power of the Platform – Total Event Program
OutSystems
Webinar Wonder | Best Webinar Program
Montana Primary Care Association
Cvent Superstar | Cvent Advocate of the Year
Marco Ogsimer | CWT Meetings & Events
About Cvent
Cvent builds technology to power the highest performing events on the planet. With its purpose-built and AI-powered platform, data insights, unrivaled ecosystem, and deep expertise, Cvent helps its customers deliver real event outcomes.
Cvent gives event professionals the technology to run in-person, virtual, and hybrid events of any size, marketers the solutions to deliver event-led growth, and hotels, venues, and destinations a leading global marketplace to win and keep business. With intelligent tools across the event lifecycle, real-time analytics, personalized attendee experiences, and $20B+ in group business sourced through the ecosystem annually, Cvent delivers the AI-driven technology, insight, and scale customers need to power high-performing events and better outcomes.
445,000+ users across 34,000+ organizations rely on Cvent. With enterprise-grade security and compliance, hundreds of industry accolades, leading customer satisfaction, 8M+ events managed, and its third consecutive year as a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Event Marketing and Management Platforms, customers around the world trust Cvent to deliver when it matters most. Learn more at Cvent.com.
About Cvent Excellence Awards
Each year, Cvent celebrates their customers through a prestigious awards program at their annual user conference, Cvent CONNECT. The organizations, event planning teams, marketers, and hoteliers recognized have established themselves as thought-leaders within the meetings, events, and hospitality space. Winners are recognized in front of thousands of industry professionals each year during Cvent CONNECT, and their work is highlighted throughout the year through case studies and thought leadership content. To learn more, please visit www.cvent.com/excellence-awards.