Multi-year agreement highlights importance of meetings and events technology for associations worldwide

Cvent, a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology today announced that Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has selected Cvent as their exclusive event registration and mobile event app technology provider. As the largest meeting and event industry association in the world, MPI has more than 17,000 members and reaches a community of more than 60,000 meeting and event professionals around the globe. The strategic partnership highlights the important role event technology plays in increasing the impact of meetings and events for associations worldwide.

Cvent’s technology will help MPI leaders manage events better, communicate more effectively with their members, boost meeting attendance, increase engagement with attendees, and amplify the impact of their overall events program, ensuring MPI’s continued success and facilitating future growth.

“After a careful selection process, we recognized that Cvent’s technology is unmatched, but it is their commitment to the industry and the focus on developing a mutually beneficial partnership that made the decision to partner easy,” said Darren Temple, chief operations officer for MPI. “We look forward to partnering with Cvent to manage registration and support services for our portfolio of live events and believe this collaboration will be beneficial to our chapters as well, leading to new opportunities for us to grow and expand our programs.”

Through the multi-year agreement, MPI gains access to Cvent’s complete suite of event management technology solutions including online registration, attendee management, mobile event apps, event build support, onsite solutions, and more. Cvent will also power MPI’s signature event, the MPI World Education Congress (WEC) along with several other strategic events MPI organizes to engage its members and bring the industry together.  Additionally, MPI’s 90-chapter organizations get preferred access to Cvent’s technology with additional benefits for individual chapter members.

 “We’ve been involved with MPI and their chapters all over the world over the last 19 years and it’s an honor to work with the industry-leading association for corporate event planners. We are proud to have been selected by MPI as their exclusive meetings, events, and mobile technology provider. It is a true testament to the power and breadth of the Cvent platform,” said Reggie Aggarwal, CEO and Founder of Cvent. “MPI shares our vision that when people meet face-to-face, great things happen for our businesses and for our communities. We look forward to growing and developing this partnership for years to come.”

 “MPI Chicago Area Chapter has always appreciated and valued its long-standing partnership with Cvent. We are ecstatic that this partnership is being elevated to the MPI Global level,” says Fergal O’Sullivan, CMP and Chicago Area Chapter President 2018-2019. “As organizations in the events industry, both MPI and Cvent strive to bring people together, building strong, long-lasting relationships. I can’t think of a better partnership alignment!”