TMCNet: Jillian Michaels and Chip Conley to Keynote at Cvent CONNECT 2016

[May 16, 2016]

Jillian Michaels and Chip Conley to Keynote at Cvent CONNECT 2016

Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event management company, today announced Jillian Michaels and Chip Conley as its featured keynote speakers for Cvent CONNECT. The five-day event will take place at The Venetian® and The Palazzo® in Las Vegas, Nevada from June 26 - 30. Chip Conley will address hospitality professionals attending the conference on Monday, June 27. Jillian Michaels is slated to address both event and hospitality professionals on Tuesday, June 28.

"The goal of our conference this year is about enabling our attendees to connect for education and inspiration," said Chuck Ghoorah, co-founder and president of worldwide sales and marketing at Cvent (News - Alert). "We are thrilled to have two impactful speakers that have not only inspired others, but know what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and achieve overall success in their personal and professional lives. Cvent is excited to welcome close to 3,000 attendees and is confident both speakers will deliver inspirational and motivating speeches."

Jillian Michaels is a bestselling author, daytime Emmy nominated television personality, entrepreneur and one of the nation's leading health and wellness experts. She is also considered one of the most inspiring people on television through her role as trainer, wellness expert and life coach on her hit TV shows and regular TV appearances. Every week she motivates millions in every form of media from TV to publishing to the 1.6 million monthly visitors to her website.

Chip Conley is an entrepreneur, hotel expert, author and professional speaker. As founder and former CEO of Joie de Vivre (JDV), no one has had a bigger impact on the boutique hotel segment than him. During his tenure as CEO at JDV he successfully grew it to become the second largest boutique hotel company in the world. In 2012, Chip was honored with the hospitaliy industry's highest accolade, The 2012 Pioneer Award and was named the most innovative CEO by The San Francisco Business Times. In 2013, Chip joined Airbnb as its head of global hospitality and strategy and has been sharing his proven methods with hundreds of thousands of hosts in over 190 countries around the world.

In addition to the two compelling keynotes, event and hospitality professionals will have the opportunity to attend more than 100 breakout sessions that will be focused on success at every stage of the event and meeting lifecycle. More than 60 Cvent customers will be sharing their success stories.

For more information about Cvent CONNECT 2016 and to register, please visit our website. Also, follow @CventCONNECT on Twitter (News - Alert), CventSnaps on Snapchat and #CventCONNECT on Instagram for behind-the-scenes and exclusive content.

About Cvent

Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT) is a leading cloud-based enterprise event management company, with approximately 16,000 customers and 2,000 employees worldwide. Cvent offers software solutions to event planners for online event registration, venue selection, event management, mobile apps for events, email 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.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements relating to the number of anticipated attendees, the content, number, and types of programs and events and other details about Cvent's annual industry conference, Cvent CONNECT. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and were based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "should," "believe," "hope," "target," "project," "goals," "estimate," "potential," "predict," "may," "will," "might," "could," "intend," variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. 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, Cvent'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, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent periodic and current reports. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. We undertake no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.


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