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Elite
Meetings Magazine Celebrates a Successful Decade
with
a Special, Redesigned 10th Anniversary Edition
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 Santa
Barbara, CA – June 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / Elite
Meetings International (EMI), recently acquired by Cvent, Inc., will
commemorate its first decade in print with a special 10th anniversary edition
of Elite Meetings magazine in 2016. Plans for the publication include
a complete redesign and enhanced content by an expanded pool of industry-savvy
writers. In addition, more emphasis will be placed on covering the latest
trends and vital issues within the hospitality business, including Q&A’s
with industry insiders and in-depth coverage of memorable group destinations.
In
an effort to create the most comprehensive guidebook for meetings professionals
worldwide, both Platinum and Gold Elite-Certified hotels and resorts will
be showcased in the same issue of Elite Meetings magazine. The magazine’s
distribution will be increased to 50,000 direct buyers and will continue
to be distributed through newsstand, subscription, online sales and industry
events.
“We’re
already seeing a great deal of excitement surrounding this issue and its
cover-to-cover redesign,” says Kelly Foy, general manager of Elite Meetings
International. “Our parent company, Cvent, has been incredibly supportive
of our plans to enhance the magazine and produce an issue that’s sure to
be widely read and highly regarded as an indispensable resource. Elite
Platinum and Gold Certified hotels represent the top 4% of hotels around
the world for meeting and incentive groups, and this milestone issue will
feature a great collection of them, making this an issue planners will
definitely want to read.”
Editor
Susan Campbell says, “We plan to create a much more visual experience that
complements insightful articles on trends, destinations, and of course,
amazing venues for meetings and incentives.” She describes the new look
as “inspirational and contemporary, hip and high-quality.”
Foy
further explains, “Since the first issue in 2007, our focus has always
been to showcase top hotels and resorts for meetings, events and incentives.
Now, 10 issues later, we are looking to reinvent ourselves while keeping
with our original goal to make the meeting planner’s job easier and save
them time.”
The
10th anniversary edition of Elite Meetings will be available in
print and digital format in January 2016. For more information, visit www.EliteMeetings.com.
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About
Elite Meetings International
Based
in Santa Barbara, California, Elite Meetings International (EMI), a subsidiary
of Cvent, provides integrated solutions to enhance the performance of meeting
and hospitality professionals. EMI supports this community through a combination
of innovative technologies, direct sales support, customized marketing
programs, face-to-face business-building events, and an annual publication,
Elite
Meetings magazine. Additionally, www.EliteMeetings.com
serves as a commission-free RFP-generating tool and a comprehensive vehicle
for sourcing luxury, upper-upscale and upscale properties. EMI’s innovations
include AttendeeHub™ (www.AttendeeHub.com),
a sought-after program for helping conference attendees identify synergies,
manage appointments and make direct connections with one another; and SpeedRFP™
(www.SpeedRFP.com), a time-saving
product for creating, submitting, and managing RFPs online. For additional
information, please visit www.EliteMeetings.com
or call 805-730-1000.
About
Cvent
Cvent,
Inc. (NYSE: CVT) is a leading cloud-based enterprise event management
platform, with more than 14,000 customers worldwide. Cvent offers software
solutions to event planners for online event registration, venue selection,
event management, mobile apps for events, e-mail marketing and web surveys.
Cvent provides hoteliers with an integrated platform, enabling properties
to increase group business demand through targeted advertising and improve
conversion through proprietary demand management and business intelligence
solutions. Cvent solutions optimize the entire event management value chain
and have enabled clients around the world to manage hundreds of thousands
of meetings and events. For more information, please visit Cvent.com,
or connect with us on Facebook,
Twitter
or LinkedIn.
“Safe
harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995
This
press release contains forward-looking statements, including the company’s
plans and expectations regarding the growth and performance of Elite Meetings
following its acquisition by Cvent, the redesign of Elite Meetings magazine,
and the development of SpeedRFP’s mobile interface. The achievement or
success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or uncertainties
materialize, or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, the company’s
results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements we make. For a detailed discussion of these
and other risk factors, please refer to the risks detailed in Cvent’s filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation,
our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2015, our Form 10-Q filed
on May 11, 2015, and other reports and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Media
Contacts:
Karen
Cahill
Elite
Meetings International
805-879-4488
Lana
Sieg
Cvent,
Inc.
571-830-2335
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