Find the perfect venue in a
few clicks
FCM Venue Finder is the new way to seamlessly search, book, and manage where your organization meets, eats, and sleeps.
Effortless, dynamic, and intuitive
Take control of searching and booking venues for your teams to meet. Put the FCM Venue Finder tool in the hands of event and meeting organizers, planners, and bookers to save time and money.
Powerful filters and intuitive search in the platform make finding the perfect venue a breeze. And it’s not just hotel meeting spaces, but cultural centres, sporting grounds, exhibition halls, and thousands of choices.
Simplify the dynamic meetings & events world
Sourcing venues is streamlined with FCM Venue Finder. Watch the video to understand how you can find the right venue in the right location and still save money using the tool.
Additional modules include:
- Office Connect: Upload internal office meeting rooms into the tool to easily search and book.
- Where to Meet: Book sustainable spaces with lowest carbon destinations. A search will determine the best options based on flight consumption and pricing rating per city.
Make more informed meetings choices
...with built-in reporting that saves time and money.
"Whether you're the one in the midst of event planning details or the one focused on savings, trying to get full visibility of your organization's meeting booking habits and costs can be challenging. You also want to ensure you're booking the right venue with the best contract terms for future event success."
"With Venue Finder, you get the full picture of your venue and group stay bookings. You'll get the insights on audience engagement, transaction overview, top locations, carbon data, and more. With this increased visibility, it's easier to research future venues, manage your budget, and nail future event planning based on past service and experiences."
Brendan Valmont, Global Head of Digital Product. New York, USA.
Venue Finder in numbers
What's available to book
Places to meet
Expand your meeting and event space horizons with thousands of suppliers suited to meetings of any size or type. Opt for a boardroom or hotel space if it fits your needs. Or search the inventory for settings that will inspire your team and guests, including co-working spaces, business centres, museums, and more unique venues.
Places to eat
Organizing spaces to eat and drink has never been easier. From an intimate dining experience to a networking drinks reception, enhance your travel and meetings program with convenient and reliable catering options for every occasion. Search and book restaurants, bars, and outdoor function spaces in FCM Venue Finder.
Places to sleep
Easily source group stays for teams of all sizes. Reserve multiple rooms at once, from a variety of accommodation types and extras to suit your budget and needs. Save the hassle of spreadsheets and emails with simple rooming list templates for those due to attend, created and stored in FCM Venue Finder.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Who is Venue Finder useful for?
Venue Finder is ideal for anyone looking to book their own meeting and event spaces, letting them compare multiple venues at the click of a button instead of reaching out individually to hotels and venues.
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How can I see if a meeting space is an instant book?
Venues set up for instant book will display the price and a lightning bolt symbol. Your credit card will be charged at the time of booking.
Venues that only display pricing and no lightning bolt are not available to instantly book and require the venue to accept the booking. Your credit card will be pre-authorized at time of booking. Once a venue accepts the booking that’s when the card with be charged.
Venues with no price will go through the RFP process.
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Can I negotiate in the corporate event venue sourcing tool?
Yes - planners can talk with a person from the venue team via the ‘contact the venue’ button.
Are there response time service level agreements (SLAs) in place for the venues?
- UK venues: usual response time is 24 hours
- EU venues: usual response time is 48 hours
- The rest of the world: 48 – 72 hours
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How much does using Venue Finder cost?
Our Corporate and Enterprise packages have annual subscription fees to allow us to better integrate our technology to your business and provide custom reporting. View the options here.
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What’s the benefit of the Corporate and Enterprise plans?
Corporate and Enterprise plans include reporting, cost center and approval controls and the ability to upload your own preferred venues. For full details of each package, view the options here.
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How many countries are included under each plan?
- Corporate plan allows up to five country locations.
- Enterprise plan is best for six or more country locations.
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How many user logins are included with the plans?
Corporate clients using FCM Venue Finder can have unlimited user logins.
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Can Venue Finder help me run more sustainable events?
Yes - Venue Finder displays sustainability and diversity certifications next to venues to inform your choices. With Where to Meet credits, you can choose your meeting location with the least carbon emissions for travel based on the origin of your attendees.
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Is there someone to help if I need it?
Yes! If you have a question throughout any of the event planning process, you have the service and support of industry specialists and venue sourcing specialists at your fingertips.