When respondents to Convene’s latest Meetings Market Survey were asked to write in their No. 1 on-the-job challenge, budget frustrations were the most-frequently cited woe. Here is a graphical look at more of the responses relating to operating ratios.

Respondents to Convene’s Meetings Market Survey 2018 reported that, on average, attendance at their largest convention/meeting exposition in 2018 dropped from 2017. The graphics below show more survey results relating to expositions.

Respondents to Convene’s Meetings Market Survey 2018 reported that, on average, they are booking their small meetings about 10 months out, the same as the 2017 survey. The graphics below highlight more survey results relating to small meetings.

Eighty-eight percent of respondents to Convene’s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey said that it was more difficult for potential event registrants to obtain visas in 2018 than in 2017. The graphics here illustrate other results from the survey relating to international meetings and attendees.

In Convene’s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, we asked respondents two open-ended questions — What’s the No. 1 Challenge Facing the Meetings Industry? and What’s on Tap for this Year?

In the 28th annual Meetings Market Survey, Convene asked respondents who said that their organization has changed how it collects and uses participant data related to meetings and exhibitions to share what they have done.

Until pay transparency becomes more commonplace among organizations, business event organizers’ go-to resource to benchmark their compensation against that of their peers remains Convene’s Annual Salary Survey. Help us make this year’s survey results as robust as possible.

A session speaker not being allowed in the U.S. illustrates the difficulties our Meetings Market Survey respondents cited when it comes to bringing international audiences to the U.S. for business events.

At Melbourne gathering, executives consider what tech challenges will mean for the business events industry and are urged to harness their power to transform communities.

A venue consortium’s proposal for subterranean solutions to ease traffic, promote public transit, and even sell fruit wins city competition.

The European networking platform for associations turns to partnerships to improve members’ learning options.