News & Trends
A Deeper Dive Into our Salary Survey Data
Here’s a closer look at who responded — according to their professional roles — to Convene’s 2023 Salary Survey.
5 Trends You Need to Focus on in 2024
Event professionals have an exciting opportunity to change how they do things. Don’t let this moment pass you by.
New Year, New Resolutions for Event Marketers
Marketing professionals at mdg share how they resolve to renew their approach to digital marketing, branding, messaging, and more.
‘Show Up’ to Succeed, DMO Leader Says
Jorge Pesquera, retiring president and CEO of Discover The Palm Beaches, reflects on his more than 50-year career in hospitality and the changes he has seen in the DMO industry.
What We’ve Been Reading
Convene’s editors do a lot of reading — to help inform our work and for pleasure. Here are some page-turners we recommend and why.
Six Event Trends We’re Watching in 2024
Each year, Convene’s editors pick one trend — it can be in the headlines or flying under the radar — they think will have an impact on business events in the coming year. Here’s what we’ll be following in 2024.
New and Improved Tech Labs at Convening Leaders 2024
Tech Labs, a format that launched at EduCon 2023, is returning to Convening Leaders in an updated version.
Salary Survey 2023: Highs and Lows for Event Pros
The return of face-to-face meetings is good news, but it brings a host of pandemic-related and other challenges for event professionals as well. Convene examines the ups and downs that come with the job — both monetary and otherwise — in the 2023 Salary Survey.
Game Changer: Paris 2024 Olympics Takes Bold Strides Toward Sustainability
The Olympic Games, the largest sporting event in the world, is aiming to make next year’s edition in Paris its most sustainable ever. What can the events community learn from its plans and its progress?
The Seine’s Starring Role in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
After $1.5-billion clean-up, Paris’ famous river Seine will welcome Olympic swimmers for the first time in more than a century.
Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Gets Modern Makeover
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s torch concept for the Olympic and Paralympic Games blends themes of equality, water, peacefulness, and environmental consciousness.
Sustainability Isn’t the Only Goal on 2024 Olympic Games’ Agenda
Equality, accessibility are among the 15 recommendations planners — including the director of corporate and sustainable development — are undertaking for Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.