Case Study
A Procurement Perspective on Managing the Unmanaged with Cvent’s Strategic Meetings Management
cvent.com About Pearson: • Founded: 1844 • Number of Employees: 35,000 in 70 Countries • Annual Revenue: £4,513 million (2017) • Number of Meetings and Events Annually: 250 in USA, 3000 in UK Pearson International is a leading supplier of services to educational institutions such as the New York State Dept. of Education, GreyCampus, and Que Publishing. In addition to providing assessment and training programs for organizations, Pearson owns several educational media brands including Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall, and eCollege. Pearson holds well over 3,000 world-wide meetings and events annually, encompassing small meetings of less than 10 people to large sales kickoffs with over 6,000 attendees. Meetings and events were managed by 36 internal meeting planners, four unregula