Travel
When you’re traveling for business, a conference or meetings, it’s important to find time away to relax. Here are some suggestions for entertainment, dining, drinking, socializing — just having a good time.
What to See, Do — and Eat — in Houston
Here are five things to know about Houston to help visitors experience the best of the city during Convening Leaders 2025 — or any time.
How Climate Change is Changing Travel
A new study reporting on consumer travel trends holds lessons for business event organizers.
Trends Report 2025: Help — and Bleisure Time — Wanted
Hotel staffing shortages and bleisure trips will impact meeting professionals’ planning efforts — and their attendees’ experiences — in 2025. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
Trends Report 2025: Meeting and Event ‘Destination Dupes’
A longtime event site-selection strategy is gaining strength — and it has a twin tactic on the leisure side. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
EIC Barometer: ‘Exceptionally Positive’ Forecast
The latest EIC Global Business Events Barometer shows industry resilience and an encouraging forecast for next year and beyond.
Addressing Carbon-Intensive Air Travel in the Events Industry
At a PCMA Executive Leadership Summit in January, members of the C-suite explored solutions to current and potential disruptions in the business events industry, including curtailed travel to their in-person events because of sustainability concerns.
How Representing NYC Has Prepared Fred Dixon to Showcase the U.S.
The president and CEO of NYC Tourism + Conventions talks about his new role leading Brand USA, the destination marketing organization for the United States.
More CVBs Earning Autism Travel Accreditation
Visit Salt Lake and Destination Toledo are two of the growing number of CVBs that have recently earned autism travel accreditation, after learning about how Mesa, Arizona, is breaking new ground for inclusive travel.
Capitol Hill Addresses Visa Wait Time Issue
Convention attendees and exhibitors from some non-U.S. destinations have been contending with visitor visa processing times as long as 800 days, negatively impacting international participation at U.S.-based events. New legislation targeting the issue offers some hope.
Business Events and Air Travel — a Climate Conundrum
At a sustainability session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2023, a climate scientist and a panel of events professionals grappled with how to address the business events industry’s largest single contributor to global warming.
3 Travel Trends to Watch in 2023
For the Events Industry Forecast, Convene editors mined numerous sources and found three trends that will impact travel — and the events and hospitality industries — in the near future.
When Your Supply Chain Is Human
SA Expeditions, a travel company with a social-responsibility focus, has a different take on what it means to be sustainable.