News & Trends

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

Looking Ahead: Embracing the Future

Business events are at the epicenter of the technology boom. Let’s capitalize on the opportunities that brings.

October 31, 2018

Exploring Blockchain for Business Events

The travel and hospitality industries are already using blockchain. What’s its potential for business events?

BY Michelle R. Davis October 31, 2018

Making Analytics Count at Data for Good Exchange

Bloomberg built a sold-out event focused on the ways data science can make the world a better place.

October 30, 2018

Rent-A-Minority Website Cracks Wise, but Educates

Through Rent-A-Minority — a satirical website that tackles tokenism in business — Arwa Mahdawi is making it
easier for organizations to talk about workplace diversity.

BY Casey Gale October 24, 2018

Business Events Industry Adds More Than $1 Trillion to Global Economy

Preliminary results of the first Global Economic Significance of Business Events study commissioned by the Events Industry Council demonstrates the industry’s impact.

BY Curt Wagner October 19, 2018

How Planners Can Put Restorative Innovation Into Action

Restorative innovation is resonating in the business events industry. Here’s how planners can put it into action.

October 16, 2018

Are Event Strategists Ready for Multi-hub Meetings?

Meeting Design Institute President Maarten Vanneste says rapid tech evolution is driving this format but many planners are not yet embracing it.

October 15, 2018

Is Telepresence Coming to a Screen Near You?

The next chapter of digital events will include speakers who are streamed as holograms. Learn about Vimeo’s new feature that will make the sci-fi-sounding world of 3D holograms a reality.

BY David McMillin October 12, 2018

Taking Strategy a Step Further

Dan Sundt, chief eXperience officer of CXO Marketing Inc., on experience design and how to avoid “better sameness” when designing events.

BY Jasmine Zhu October 1, 2018

Crafting Experiences That Stir the Soul

At the Skift Global Forum, one entrepreneur shared her blueprint for making mini vacations into rich learning opportunities — and her approach speaks volumes for event organizers.

BY Casey Gale October 1, 2018

Top Cities Ranked by Event Professionals

Curt Watkins, principal at Watkins Research, on what’s changed in the CVB industry, and what planners are looking for now.

October 1, 2018

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