VENZA, the leading provider of data protection and regulatory compliance solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced The Westin Poinsett Greenville as the winner of its Explore™ Pizza Party Contest. The contest, a months-long challenge to promote on-property security awareness, was spearheaded by VENZA to further its mission of encouraging broad data protection training adoption by its hotel management company partners.  

“We are thrilled to recognize The Westin Poinsett Greenville for their exceptional efforts in delivering their training program across their property,” said Dominique Williams, VENZA Director of Operations. “The dedication and commitment required to reach extraordinarily levels of training adoption are a reflection of what many know already—that The Westin Poinsett Greenville is truly among the industry leaders in the protection of their guests’ data.” 

“VENZA’s Customer Success Team supports our clients in advancing essential education throughout their properties in many ways. We are constantly developing new, innovating ways to build a deep cultural commitment to data security,” he added. “The Explore Pizza Party Contest shows that security awareness training can be highly engaging—by adding the element of competition and a positive reward, amazing results can be achieved.” 

Between 13 May and 17 June, the Explore™ Pizza Party Contest challenged VENZA’s hospitality partners to maintain an exceptional overall security awareness training completion rate. Out of 20 qualifying hotel management groups, The Westin Poinsett Greenville was selected as the winner in a live drawing from the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC) floor. 

In addition to being recognized as the overall contest winner, The Westin Poinsett Greenville will be rewarded with a complementary pizza party for all their staff. In addition to this celebration, the property will receive an exclusive sneak peek of VENZA’s newly launched Explore™ program, featuring a courtesy vishing simulation and an on-site social engineering security assessment. 

The Explore™ program equips hoteliers with a comprehensive toolkit to tackle the multifaceted challenges posed by social engineering and cybersecurity threats. Starting with essential services like VENZA Phishing and Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS), Explore™ further enhances defenses with innovative simulations of vishing and smishing threats. It also introduces Onsite Social Engineering Assessments to directly measure the security measures of hotel operations. Following the thorough analysis, clients will receive an extensive report detailing findings, remediation recommendations, and access to tailored instructional materials to strengthen their security practices. 

“I’m proud of the efforts of not only The Westin Poinsett Greenville, but all qualifying hotel management companies,” said Olga Brunnerová, Customer Success Manager at VENZA. “We recognize the challenges our hotel partners navigate in balancing their demanding operations with comprehensive training programs. VENZA remains committed to strengthening our security awareness initiatives for our clients, ensuring they are well-prepared to safeguard guest data amidst evolving cybersecurity threats.” 

About VENZA 

VENZA is the leading provider of data protection and compliance solutions for the hospitality industry. Drawing on decades of experience, VENZA provides 360-degree visibility that enables proactive risk management to mitigate vulnerabilities and keep your guests and their data safe. Know your risks and protect your enterprise with VENZA. 

More than 225,000 users in 100+ countries look to VENZA for tools, technology, and strategic security support. Founded in 2008, VENZA is a privately held company with regional offices in Atlanta, GA, Pensacola, FL, San Juan, PR, and The Hague, Netherlands. For more information, visit www.VENZAgroup.com. 

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