Cvent Honours Excellence Award Winners at Annual Cvent CONNECT Europe Conference
Winners include industry-leading hotels and organisations that have proven the power of a digital-first mindset to accelerate MICE and event programme success
LONDON, UK – 7 November, 2024 – Cvent, an industry-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, celebrated the finalists and winners of the 2024 Cvent Excellence Awards at the company’s annual customer and industry conference, Cvent CONNECT Europe. The annual awards programme highlights event, hospitality and marketing leaders using Cvent technology to improve efficiency, increase event value, enhance MICE sales and marketing strategies, and deliver greater results for their hotels and organisations. Winners were honoured in front of hundreds of their industry peers during a gala event hosted both in-person at the Hilton London Metropole and online. Winners will also have their achievements showcased and promoted throughout the year in Cvent case studies, webinars and other thought leadership content.
Hundreds of nominations were submitted across multiple award categories, and finalists and winners were evaluated based on a robust set of criteria, including the effective use of Cvent technology and Venue Directory sourcing tools to facilitate collaboration, programme efficiency, and overall organisational impact.
“It’s an honour to recognise our customers with this annual awards event,” said Andreas Heckmann, Chief Customer Officer at Cvent. “Each year, we’re inspired by the innovative ways industry professionals use Cvent technology to maximise attendee and guest satisfaction and boost ROI. Showcasing their achievements on the main stage at Cvent CONNECT Europe serves as a beacon of inspiration for others striving for similar success.”
“This year, we’re particularly excited about new award categories for our hospitality customers, including Portfolio Powerhouse and Venue Directory Champion of the Year,” continued Heckmann. “The addition of these awards underscores the importance of technology for Convention and Visitors Bureaus, destination marketing organisations and management companies in driving brand awareness and MICE demand.”
The 2024 winners are:
Event Industry
Best In-Person Experience
Sesame Bankhall Group
Best Hybrid Experience
Royal Academy of Dance
Meaningful Impact | Best use of technology and events to foster positive societal impact
NetHope
Cvent Advocate of the Year
Emily England, Lemon Lane
Cvent Newcomer of the Year
AUGIS - Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland
Cvent Partner of the Year
Reed & Mackay Events
Outstanding Total Event Programme
Economist Impact - Events
Hospitality Industry
The MICE Game Changer | Best Group Sales and Marketing Strategy
Andaz London Liverpool Street
Planner’s Best Partner | Seamless Collaboration with Event Diagramming & Room Block Management
InterContinental Vienna
The Portfolio Powerhouse | Exceptional Portfolio Management
Postillion Hotels
Corporate Travel Business Champion of the Year
HotelREZ
Venue Directory Champion of the Year
Leonardo Hotels
Cvent Hospitality Advocate of the Year
Alexandre Pellerin, Accor
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.