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Why Knowledge Clusters Belong on Your Site-Visit Checklist

Aligning your business events with the leading industries and innovation sectors in destinations creates benefits on all sides.

BY Convene Editors January 18, 2018

Marriott After the Merger

A little more than a year after Marriott acquired Starwood, head sales & marketing executive Steve Heitzner talks to Convene about how the deal has worked out for the gigantic hotel company’s meetings business.

BY Christopher Durso January 17, 2018

Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Empowering Leadership

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal talks about the similarities in his approach to leadership inside and outside of the military.

BY Michelle Russell January 17, 2018

Want Audiences to Interact? Unleash a Pit Bull

The organizers of The FRESH Conference 2018 are taking the decades-long challenge of how to increase audience engagement into their own hands rather than leaving it up to their speakers.

January 16, 2018

15 Ways to See the Future of Event Technology

We asked vendors and experts participating in Convening Leaders’ Future of Face2Face space to sum up their take on the future of event technology, in as few words as possible.

BY Michelle Russell January 16, 2018

Emerging Destinations to Watch in 2018

Do competitive pricing and exotic locales outweigh the risks of venturing into uncharted territory to host events?

January 15, 2018

Slippers and Research

For “even the cleanest of hotel floors,” Sandra Eyra, associations sales manager, International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales), always makes sure to tuck a pair of slippers into her carry case. Equally important for business travel is something that doesn’t require packing.

January 15, 2018

‘A More Intense Experience Over a Shorter Time’

As the account director for the soon-to-open Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre in South East England, Carlo Zoccali has a keener-than-ever interest in how events are evolving.

January 15, 2018

Want Audiences to Interact? Unleash a Pitbull

The organisers of The FRESH Conference 2018 are taking the decades-long challenge of how to increase audience engagement into their own hands rather than leaving it up to their speakers.

January 15, 2018

Why YPO’s EDGE Is Coming Back to Singapore

When the Young Presidents’ Organization holds its 2018 Edge event in Singapore, it will mark the first time the event has returned to a destination. Here’s what’s behind the decision.

BY Sarah Beauchamp January 15, 2018

13 Questions for Deborah Sexton

As the CEO of PCMA prepares to leave the organization after 13 years, she looks back on her best memories, her favorite Convening Leaders speakers, her imaginary country band, and what’s next for her career.

BY David McMillin January 15, 2018

Angeline van den Broecke Is Calling for Greater Advocacy

To effectively tell our story, greater government engagement is needed, according to KLCC’s director of sales & marketing.

January 12, 2018

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