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Hi,

I am the Head of Events Marketing, NA for TCS (Tata Consultancy Services).  One of the most difficult problems I face is showing Leadership that we have exhausted all possibilities when it comes to venue searches in North America.   We use Cvent, a sourcing partner and general internal research for our searches.   I have two questions:

1.)  Does anyone know what the venue adaption rate to Cvent is in North America?
2.)  Does anyone have any other recommendations/pointers on venue searching in North America?

#Miscellaneous

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Dianna Leistikow
Head, NA Event Marketing
Tata America International CorporationUnited States
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Hi Dianna,

Happy New Year! I hope you are well.

I got your query checked by our CSN team and they advised you can refer to the following articles and see if these help you with your query :

Searching for Suppliers == Link: https://support.cvent.com/s/communityarticle/Searching-for-Suppliers?is_article=true&lang=en_US&searchFor=venue%20searching&page=1


I hope this helps.

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Raashi Semwal Khati
Senior Quality Analyst
Cvent
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Dianna, thanks for posting the questions, I'm interested to read the posts that come in with answers!  I like the links that  Raashi provided too! Thanks Raashi!!

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Colleen Beck
Director of Sales & Marketing
The Westin Tampa Bay
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Hello Dianna, 

The Cvent Supplier Network (CSN) is one of the top venue sourcing tools. To help you in demonstrating you have exhausted all possibilities, you can include a few of these facts and tips in your process. 

Background
There's a global network at your fingertips, in total we have 290K+ hotels and venues on the CSN. 

Tips
1. Take advantage of the Destination Guide available to you at no cost. You can use this to demonstrate the benefits of the destination, potential venues, and more. 

1,200+ Cities profiled on Destination Guide
13,900+ pages of content on Destination Guide


2. Copy a CVB. They will help you in finding the best venue for your event, especially when you are struggling with responses or new metro areas. 

27% of Unique RFPs include a #CVB
22% of Unique RFPs are sent directly to the CVB

Adding Venues and Sending an RFP

Sending a New RFP in the New Sourcing Experience

​3. Send the RFP to the #RFPShowcase. Struggling with responses, you can post the RFP to the RFP Showcase and have qualified venues bid on it.


Hope this helps in your future venue sourcing and discussions!​​

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Alaina Del Real
Lead Client Success Advisor
Cvent
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