Award recognises Live Group’s leadership in venue sourcing, venue finding and high-performing event and hospitality programmes
3 November 2026, London, UK: Live Group has been named winner of the Events & Sourcing Partner award at the 2026 Cvent Excellence Awards, Europe, the annual awards programme that honours standout leaders across the meetings, events and hospitality industry. The Live Group award recognises the transformation of its venue sourcing service over the past year.
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From manual research to a strategic venue sourcing service
Live Group’s venue finding was once driven by team experience, supplier relationships and manual research. Over the past year, venue sourcing has grown into a core strategic offering and a significant, fast-growing part of the business.
Live Group expanded its venue sourcing with Cvent Supplier Network (CSN) and Venue Directory GRATIS. Enquiry volumes have since multiplied many times over and are still growing month on month. Colleagues across the Venue Sourcing, Client Services, Delivery and Sales teams in the UK and APAC now use the platforms, allowing Live Group to handle much higher demand while connecting more clients with the right venues.
Better value and more events for clients
For clients, the results have been tangible. Live Group’s approach to venue sourcing and its strong relationships with venue partners have helped clients get more value from their budgets. Clients have also run more events, with one significantly increasing its confirmed events over the past year. Live Group maintains a strong conversion rate across enquiries, and clients rated the venue finding experience an average of 4.6 out of 5 over a six-month period.
“We’re incredibly proud to be recognised as Events & Venue Sourcing Partner of the Year, and grateful to Cvent for the recognition. Over the past year our team has turned venue sourcing into something much bigger: a faster, more transparent service that fits the right venue to the audience and supports every event from the first enquiry through to delivery. This award belongs to a team that has embraced new ways of working and never lost sight of the people at the heart of every event.”
Stephen D. Pickett, Group Managing Director, Live Group
About Live Group
For more than 50 years, Live Group has created events built around the people attending them. Using its in-house technology, AudienceDNA and Envoku, Live Group personalises every stage of the event experience based on how people learn, engage and interact. The result is better experiences for delegates and stronger results for clients. With teams in the UK and Singapore, Live Group works with government departments, global brands and professional services organisations. It delivers everything from conferences, exhibitions and leadership events to international roadshows and end-to-end venue sourcing and venue finding.
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