News & Trends

What’s happening — or coming up next — in the meetings and events world and beyond.

Two Convention Center Buildings, One Meeting

How the 12,000-person meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association found breathing room at the Seattle Convention Center campus.

BY Barbara Palmer February 7, 2025

The Future of the Events Industry Workforce Under the Trump Administration

How could the Trump administration impact the workforce supporting the events industry? Tommy Goodwin, vice president of Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance, shares insights.

BY Casey Gale February 4, 2025

Inside the Spark AI Innovation Challenge: Spark ‘kind of just jumps in with you.’

How Spark AI helped the winning team knock out a long list of event planning tasks while racing the clock.

BY Barbara Palmer February 4, 2025

Trump and Events: How the New Administration Will Impact Travel

Tommy Goodwin, vice president of Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance, spotlighted how the Trump administration could impact international travel.

BY Casey Gale January 30, 2025

Hiring? Beware of Liars.

Two out of five U.S. professionals admitted in January that they’ve landed a job as a result of lying. Avoid hiring the wrong candidate by following these steps.

BY Michelle Russell January 29, 2025

A More Sustainable Ski Industry

In December, the second annual Ski Industry Climate Summit took place at sports trade show and business festival ISPO Munich, exploring the effects of global warming on the industry and ways to make operations more environmentally friendly.

BY Casey Gale January 23, 2025

An Open Letter to Events Industry From Los Angeles Tourism Head

Los Angeles Tourism is highlighting the importance of meetings and tourism for its local economy while L.A. county’s wildfire recovery efforts continue.

January 16, 2025

How Event Strategists Can Drive Leadership Confidence Through Gross Profit Recovery

Gross profit is the metric that matters most to leaders. By understanding and tracking this key measurement, you can enhance your credibility and value as an event organizer with senior leadership during the recovery process.

BY Dave Lutz, CMP January 15, 2025

What a Week — That’s a Wrap for Convening Leaders 2025!

There was a lot to see and do at CL25 — here are some visual reminders of what you’ve experienced over the past few days and pics of what you may have missed.

January 15, 2025

Incoming PCMA Chair Neil Brownlee Breaks New Ground

Neil Brownlee, head of business events at VisitScotland and chair of the 2025 PCMA Board of Directors and Trustees, talks about how he thinks his perspective as the board’s first non-North American chair will help set the association up for future growth.

BY Casey Gale January 14, 2025

How Human Rights Lawyer Amal Clooney Uses Her Platform for Change

CL25’s celebrity closing Main Stage speaker Amal Clooney will share how events can serve as channel to combat social injustice.

BY Casey Gale January 14, 2025

Brené Brown on How to Be a Braver Leader — No Matter Where You Sit on the Org Chart

The greatest barrier to courageous leadership is not fear, Brown said Monday from the CL25 Main Stage. What gets in the way are the things that we do to ‘armor up’ in order not to face up to our own vulnerability.

BY Barbara Palmer January 13, 2025

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