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AI Pulse Check: How Event Planners Are Using Gen AI
A look at how events industry professionals are using AI, what worries them, and why they should look beyond productivity.
How Is DOGE Impacting the Meetings Industry?
It may seem premature to sound the alarm, but here goes: Trump’s executive order directed toward transforming government spending will likely have a significant impact on meetings in the scientific, health-care, and academic sectors.
New Report Outlines Key Factors Impacting the Business Events Industry
The Events Industry Council’s “Futures Landscape Report” spotlights a dozen top forces affecting the future of the events industry.
Innovation, AI, and Inclusivity: The Next Chapter for the Global Events Industry
Here are some of the new ways PCMA is moving the industry — and society — forward.
Trump Administration’s Policies and Cuts Being Felt by Events Industry
Members of the PCMA Catalyst community shared the challenges they are facing in holding and planning their events as the Trump administration continues to make cuts and changes that have wide repercussions.
Starting New and Better Conversations About Food Waste at Meetings
Most planners say that ending food waste is a very high priority for them, but that many venues are either silent or resistant about the topic. Here’s how to change that.
Best Practices for Inclusive Events
Accessibility expert John Sage thinks the events industry has the potential to remove more barriers for travelers with disabilities. His company is helping to define what that looks like.
Associations Face a ‘Pivotal Moment’
There is growing concern that associations’ tax-exempt status may be under attack by the new administration. A recent poll shows that isn’t in the public interest.
Building a Circular Economy in Events: How Two Major Meetings Reimagined Sustainability
Meetings have long been designed with this one-off/single-use mentality. How can we adopt more of a reduce, reuse, recycle approach to create truly sustainable events?
3 Ways to Rethink Swag to Reduce Event Waste
How can event planners rethink the traditional swag bag?
Responsible Swag: Rethinking Giving and Receiving at Events
How a professor who researches textile waste and consumption thought through the question of swag, as the organizer of a university symposium.
This DMO Used Barbie’s Legacy to Stand Out at the 2024 London Design Festival
Visit Greater Palm Springs and the Barbie brand teamed up to create three pavilions inspired by the So Cal destination’s ubiquitous midcentury modern architecture — and the imaginative world of Barbie.