Venue Events

What Venue Events does

Venue Events (venue.events) is a venue discovery and booking marketplace headquartered in New Delhi, India, founded in 2001 by Mukesh Pal Jagga. The platform connects event organizers with venue providers across India and 15+ international markets, serving corporate event planners, wedding and social event planners, destination event organizers, and exhibition/convention organizers. Users search venues by city, occasion type, capacity, star category, seating style, and other filters, then request quotes that are routed to venue operators with a 36–48 hour turnaround.

The core platform is supplemented by two ancillary modules: V.E Unite, a heylink.me-based referral/connection page, and ve-stream, a video streaming surface for event-planning and venue-tour content. The company operates a partner/admin dashboard for venue operators (covering 2,100+ hotels & venues) and offers separate registration flows for individual users, agents, and corporate accounts. Inventory is curated by an in-house team of travel specialists who audit and update venue information, and the platform distributes through organic search, content/listing pages, and WhatsApp.

Revenue mechanics are transaction-based: the company earns commission or take-rate fees on completed bookings between event organizers and venue providers, with pricing set per-quote by venue partners. The business is privately held and founder-controlled, with no disclosed external funding, 13 employees, and partnerships with hotel brands including ITC Hotels, Aloft Hotels (Marriott International), and The Westin Resort & Bali.

Name

Venue Events

Legal name

Venue Events

Website

https://venue.events

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Venue Events is a New Delhi-based venue discovery and booking marketplace founded in 2001, connecting corporate event planners, wedding organizers, and exhibition hosts with 10,000+ venues across India and 15+ countries via a quote-based, transaction-fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Venue Marketplace

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Party Venue Sourcing & Booking Services (HSACACAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Venue Sourcing & Site Coordination (HSACAAAD)

Keywords

• Venue booking marketplace
• Event venue search
• Wedding venue platform
• Corporate event spaces
• Hospitality venue listings

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Venue Booking Commission: The platform facilitates venue bookings and likely earns commission or transaction fees from completed bookings between event organizers and venues.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Venue.Events operates an online venue discovery and booking marketplace that connects event organizers (individuals, families, corporates, agents) with venue providers (hotels, resorts, banquet halls, convention centers). Users can search 10,000+ venues worldwide by occasion type, city, capacity, and other attributes, submit quote requests that are answered within 36-48 hours, and book venues for weddings, corporate events, conferences, and social gatherings across India and 15+ international markets. The platform also operates V.E Unite, a link-based partner/referral connection feature, and ve-stream, a video streaming service for event-related content.

Product overview

Venue.Events operates as a unified venue discovery and booking platform, offering a comprehensive portfolio of products: the core Venue.Events Platform for searching and booking venues across 10,000+ options worldwide, supplemented by V.E Unite for partner/referral connections and ve-stream for event-related video content. The platform covers weddings, corporate events, conferences, birthdays, and destination events across India and international markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Venue.Events Platform Online venue discovery and booking marketplace that connects event organizers (individuals, families, corporates, agents) with venue providers. Users can search 10,000+ venues worldwide by occasion type, city, capacity, and other attributes, submit quote requests answered within 36-48 hours, and book venues for weddings, corporate events, conferences, and social gatherings across India and international markets.
• V.E Unite
• ve-stream

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ITC HotelscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorITC Gardenia and other ITC Hotels properties are listed on the Venue.Events platform as premium venue options for corporate events, weddings, and conferences. The partnership provides ITC Hotels with additional booking leads and visibility to event planners using the platform.
• Aloft Hotels (Marriott International)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple Aloft properties across India (Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore) are listed on the platform, offering event venues and meeting spaces to platform users.
• The Westin Resort & BalicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFeatured international venue partner for destination events in Indonesia, with The Westin Resort & Bali International Convention Centre listed as a premium venue option.
• Conferencevenue.inminorOthersListed as 'Other Brands' on the website footer. Conferencevenue.in appears to be a related platform under the same business group.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cvent: Enterprise MICE venue sourcing platform used by corporate planners and hotels globally, including in India. Comparable in the corporate/conference venue-sourcing segment (Venue.Events lists 'Corporate Events' and 'Convention' as occasions), though Cvent operates a much broader enterprise event-management suite.
• The Knot Worldwide (including The Knot and WeddingWire): Global wedding marketplace leader (The Knot, WeddingWire, Bodas in Spain, etc.) with significantly broader scale, technology investment, and media products. Comparable on wedding venue discovery but operates at much larger scope and US/global focus.
• Eventbrite: Global self-service event ticketing and discovery platform. Adjacent marketplace in the events space — overlapping demand on social and corporate event discovery but a different model (ticketed public events vs. private venue sourcing).

Emerging players

• HoneyBook: All-in-one business management platform for event and wedding planners, including venue sourcing and booking workflows. Partial overlap with Venue.Events on the planner side, but differentiated as workflow/SaaS rather than pure venue marketplace.

Regional players

• VenueScanner: UK-based venue and meeting-room marketplace with similar search-by-filters, quote, and shortlist flow. Functionally similar to Venue.Events' core flow but serves UK/European corporates and events instead of Indian weddings/MICE.
• Easy Weddings: Australian wedding directory and marketplace with venue listings and vendor categories. Comparable in the wedding venue discovery flow and content-led SEO approach, but Australia-focused rather than competing directly in India.

Direct peers

• Weddingz.in: India-focused online wedding venue and vendor marketplace founded in 2014. Directly comparable to Venue.Events as it aggregates banquet halls, hotels, and destination venues across Indian cities and competes for the same wedding planner and social-event demand.
• VenueLook: Indian banquet and venue marketplace with a similar transaction-based model connecting event organizers with hotels, marriage gardens, and resorts. Overlaps with Venue.Events on corporate, wedding, and social-event venue sourcing across Indian states.
• WeddingWire India (Bandhoo): Indian arm of global wedding marketplace WeddingWire/The Knot Worldwide. Directly comparable marketplace for venues and wedding vendors, competing for the same wedding planner users with a larger marketing budget and broader vendor categories.
• BookMyVenue: Indian venue booking platform focused on banquet halls and event spaces. Direct peer in the venue-sourcing marketplace category, especially in tier-1 and tier-2 Indian cities, with comparable transaction-based monetization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/venue-events

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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