Cvent acquired Wedding Spot to bring additional group business opportunities to the more than 260,000 hotels and venues that currently utilize the. Within the Wedding Spot platform, couples can quickly source and compare their preferred locale. Launched in August 2013 and currently partnering with over 12,000 venues in the U.S., Wedding Spot has helped millions of couples find their wedding venue. Founded in 2013, HoneyBook is based in San Francisco and funded by Citi Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Aleph, Vintage Investment Partners, Hillsven Capital and UpWest Labs.
For more information, please visit Cvent.com, or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Cvent’s suite of products automate and simplify the entire event management process and maximize the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. Cvent solutions optimize the entire event management value chain and have enabled clients around the world to manage millions of meetings and events. Working directly with venues, Wedding Spot gathers all the information allowing newly engaged couples to find venues based on budget, location, style, and guest count. Each year in the United States, couples spend $100 billion on weddings, and these special events represent up to 20% of group business for hotels. [email protected], Copyright 2020 Cvent Inc. All rights reserved. Wedding Spot offers wedding venues tools to manage the entire wedding booking process, including acquiring customers, organizing content, and marketing inventory.
More than 12,000 special event venues and hotels utilize Wedding Spot to attract wedding business to their properties. Cvent acquired Wedding Spot to bring additional group business opportunities to the more than 260,000 hotels and venues that currently utilize the Cvent Supplier Network, further accelerating Cvent’s product roadmap and global growth in the hospitality sector. By acquiring Wedding Spot, Cvent now offers an additional channel for special event venues and hotels to attract wedding business. More than 12,000 special event venues and hotels utilize Wedding Spot to attract wedding business to their properties. With more than 200,000 requests processed through Wedding Spot each year, current Cvent Hospitality Cloud clients can utilize the Wedding Spot platform to connect with these buyers and grow their group business revenue. The comprehensive Cvent event marketing and management platform offers software solutions to event organizers and marketers for online event registration, venue selection, event marketing and management, onsite solutions, and attendee engagement. Venues leverage Wedding Spot’s unique Spot Estimate™ feature to further qualify these leads to help drive quality business to their properties. Wedding Spot was a wholly owned subsidiary of HoneyBook, the leading business and financial management platform for solopreneurs and freelancers. The Cvent Hospitality Cloud offers group marketing, sales and operations solutions to help venues connect with buyers, attract and win more group business, and deliver great event experiences. Each year in the United States, couples spend $100 billion on weddings, and these special events represent up to 20% of group business for hotels. Hotels and venues use Cvent’s supplier and venue solutions to win more group and corporate travel business through Cvent’s sourcing platforms and to service their customers directly, efficiently and profitably – helping them grow and own their business. Cvent is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C., and has additional offices in London, Frankfurt, Dubai, Melbourne, New Delhi, and Singapore among others, to support its growing global customer base. Founded in 2013 in San Francisco, Calif., Wedding Spot offers its more than 12,000 venues across the U.S. direct access to couples looking for their wedding venue. “Cvent continues to find new and better ways to bring event buyers and venues together, which aligns with our mission at Wedding Spot. Cvent itself was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2016 for $1.65 billion, and ceased to trade on the NYSE on November 29, 2016. Users can "build out" their ideal wedding day by selecting guest count, wedding date, and specific services and options to receive an instant online price estimate and book a venue viewing appointment with one click of a button. In response to the global health crisis, we are now offering free training and certifications to everyone, through Dec. 31. Erica Stoltenberg571.378.6240