Cvent Selected as an OnDemand Top 100 Winner

Cvent, the world's largest cloud-based provider of event management, venue selection and web survey solutions, today announced that it has been named to the AlwaysOn "OnDemand 100" list for the second year in a row. The OnDemand 100, chosen from over 1,000 applicants, represent the top private companies that are shaking up the industry with game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets. Cvent was recognized based on its technology, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value and media buzz.

"Cvent's inclusion in the OnDemand 100 list is a testament to our unwavering commitment to developing revolutionary SaaS technologies that are consistently pushing the limits of traditional software solutions," said Chuck Ghoorah, Cvent's Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "As Cvent grows into a 1,000-employee company this year, we'll continue to pioneer the cloud computing space by always rethinking and defying the status quo."

-- Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world's largest and most dynamic hotel groups, leverages the Cvent Supplier Network to boost its visibility in front of meeting planners and win additional group business for meetings, conferences and events of all kinds.

The past year

"Digital information has expanded exponentially while the past year. As the emergence of robust, innovative apps needed to manage this information continues, a complex world of interconnected business intelligence and ideas is being created at a new macro level," says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "This year's OnDemand 100 winners are continuing to use disruptive research and ideas to merge valuable legacy data and systems with new, vital streams of information. The results are being deployed in the cloud by any number of SaaS products and services, changing the way all business coexist. The OnDemand 100 continues to represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in the private company marketplace."

Founded in 1999, Cvent is the world's largest meetings and event management innovation company and has over 900 employees worldwide. Cvent offers web-based software for meeting site selection, online event registration, event management, e-mail marketing, and web surveys, and helps over 90,000 users in 50 countries manage hundreds of thousands of events, surveys and e-mail campaigns. The company has processed over $2 billion in online payments and has managed over 30 million event registrations and survey responses for its customers. Cvent's client base ranges from small non-profits to large corporations, and includes over 30 companies from the Fortune 100. A leading authority on Strategic Meetings Management, Cvent's research has been used to implement SMM programs around the world. For more information, please visit www.cvent.com .

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