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Cvent CMO Patrick Smith legt uit hoe GDPR event professionals kan helpen hun relaties met het publiek te versterken

Recent onderzoek uitgevoerd door Cvent Inc., een marktleider in bijeenkomsten, evenementen en horecatechnologie, toont aan dat twee derde van de event professionals in Europa en de Verenigde Staten onzeker zijn om hoe de General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) kunnen helpen bij het versterken van de relaties met het publiek. De resultaten komen voort uit onderzoek dat Cvent in april 2018 heeft uitgevoerd met inbreng van bijna 3000 event professionals.

Volgens Patrick Smith, Chief Marketing Officer bij Cvent, kunnen de voorschriften die op 25 mei van kracht worden, een kans bieden voor ontmoetings- en event professionals om diepere relaties op te bouwen met hun deelnemers door middel van vertrouwen en transparantie.

Cvent Urges MICE Industry to Embrace the Opportunities of GDPR

FRANKFURT, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Cvent CMO Patrick Smith explains how GDPR can help event professionals strengthen relationships with their audience

Recent research conducted by Cvent Inc., a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, shows that two-thirds of event professionals across Europe and the United States are unsure how the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) can help strengthen their relationships with their audience. The results stem from research Cvent conducted in April 2018 with input from nearly 3,000 event professionals.

According to Patrick Smith, Chief Marketing Officer at Cvent, the regulations, which will begin being enforced on 25^th May, can offer an opportunity for meeting and event professionals to build deeper relationships with their attendees through trust and transparency.

“There is a lot of information out there on how GDPR will impact the MICE industry, and the sense of urgency around the new law is understandable. However, the underlying sentiment among many is one of fear and negativity, when in reality, GDPR can be embraced as an opportunity,” said Smith. “The spirit of GDPR is to put the security and privacy of personal data at the forefront and for organisations to develop trust and transparency in their relationships with their customers. For Cvent, this is part of our DNA and how we operate. We are helping our customers understand and are providing solutions to help them comply. We urge the industry to embrace the opportunity that lies in front of them.”

With more than 25,000 customers and 300,000 users worldwide, Cvent has a team of more than 25 information security specialists dedicated to safeguarding their customers’ information and company resources, and its Privacy Shield certification was added to the U.S. Department of Commerce list in October 2017. Cvent has been a trusted voice in leading the GDPR conversation – both with their customers and within the MICE marketplace – offering a range of educational assets to help drive GDPR understanding and compliance. For full details of Cvent’s GDPR webinars, resources and other future events visit www.cvent.com/gdpr.

www.cvent.co.uk

About Cvent

Cvent Inc. is a leading cloud-based enterprise event management company with more than 25,000 customers, 300,000 users, and 3,000 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 optimise 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/UK or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.

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