In open-ended questions, planner respondents to the 2022 Convene Salary Survey shared how the pandemic has changed their roles and the industry as a whole — for better and for worse.

Business events shed light on complex issues of the day and can help make progress in bridging the political divide.

Higher travel costs, employee shortages, and choosier meeting attendees were among the trends explored at the annual meeting of Accor Hotels sales teams and executives.

According to a new list of the “100 Best Workplaces for Innovators,” events are key to retaining talent and organizational success.

The annual fan event celebrates — and educates attendees about — Japanese culture through the visual arts of anime, manga, and more.

How the American Society of Hematology is leaning into a strategy that attracts both virtual and in-person audiences.

It’s going to take some time to build conference attendance and corporate travel budgets back to 2019 levels. As we progress through the recovery, conference organizers — now more than ever — must help potential attendees justify their in-person participation in the event.

PCMA and the European Society of Association Executives are the first two associations to endorse MCI’s latest global Engagement Index to benchmark how well professional societies, individual member organizations, and trade associations — all of which can participate by Sept. 10 for free — engage with their members and customers.

A breakout session at CEMA (Corporate Event Marketing Association) Summit shared topline takeaways from a recent study among event marketers on the next iteration of events. Here’s a deeper dive into the results.

Gigi Gleason, director of event operations at streamlinevents, speaks with Convene on the quandary facing event marketers who work for corporations.

Here are some practical takeaways from a recent PCMA roundtable conversation about meeting in states where access to abortion is an issue.

Ask the “tallest, whitest dude” at your workplace what he gets paid, says one pay equity expert — but several studies indicate some generations are more comfortable with that approach than others.