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Research Spotlights Present and Future Challenges for Planners
Late registrations and room-block bookings are an issue, but planners see more challenges on the horizon.
Survey Explores Speaker and Planner Dynamics
The “2024 Speaking Industry Benchmark Report” offers insights into the current state of the relationship between planners and speakers — and how speaker selection factors into an event’s success.
Is the RFP Process for Events Getting Easier or Harder?
A handful of event suppliers and organizers traded their insights on how the RFP process has changed since the pandemic during a session at Business Events Industry Week.
What’s in Store for the Events Industry in 2024?
Knowland and ConferenceDirect’s fourth annual “State of the Meetings Industry” report shines a light on planners’ challenges and opportunities, from cost containment to AI adoption.
EMEA Region Survey Concludes: Time to Collaborate
Business events industry respondents to the latest PCMA EMEA Engagement Survey said that the No. 1 priority for their employers is collaboration and strategic partnerships. Meanwhile, opportunities to collaborate with their peers was often cited by event organizers as the one thing they would like to see at an industry event. This emphasis on working together suggests how the industry is charting a path forward.
Making Bleisure, Sustainability, and Wellness Top of Mind
Accor’s annual gathering in Paris in July highlighted the trends transforming the future of hospitality.
Where the Top Conventions Meet
Simpleview and Destinations International have published a new report that analyzes where and when the top 250 rotating conventions in 2023 have met or will meet, based on the MINT+ database, a shared repository of information on organizations and their meetings and events.
New Destination Futures Study Spotlights Industry Trends and Challenges
Among the 2023 DestinationNext Futures Study insights: DMOs are playing a larger role in their destinations’ development and event organizers are placing greater demands on them when it comes to DEI and sustainability.
5 State of the Business Events Industry Insights
Freeman’s Ken Holsinger and PCMA’s Howard Givner shared data-driven information about what event attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors want during a recent EduCon session.
The Economic and Catalytic Impact of Events
Events Industry Council CEO Amy Calvert on how the 2023 Global Economic Significance of Business Events study can help raise awareness of the business events industry as a catalyst for change.
10 Shifts That Are Transforming Organizations
A new report from McKinsey & Company identifies the most significant ways in which organizations are changing — and how leaders can respond.
GMID in New Orleans: Spotlighting the Destination’s Role in Successful Events
New Orleans & Company rolls out the red carpet for professionals from the business events and related industries on Global Meetings Industry Day.