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How planners who participated in our annual Meetings Market Survey are bearing up in an uncertain geopolitical and economic environment and what they think the new year will bring.
How Compressed Housing Windows Reduce Global Participation for Medical Meetings
What medical associations need to know about housing timelines and their international delegates.
Post-Con Survey Redo
What questions to ask — which ones to avoid — to increase your chances of getting the highest number of responses that yield insights.
How to Make Subvention Programs Work Harder
A recent study shows that the current funding model to encourage group business falls short in significant areas beyond economics.
Candy Retailers Come Together for a Confectionery Convention
Retailers gathered in Kentucky in April to collaborate on the making, packaging, and marketing of candy.
This Biennial Meeting Is a Divine Collaboration
How a national leadership conference amplifies the impact of a powerful network of Black Greek-letter fraternities and sororities.
How to Boost Real-Time Attendee Engagement
Planners shared event engagement strategies in a recent discussion on the PCMA Catalyst community.
A Connection-Building Exercise That Draws Out Event Participants
In keeping with its goal of having participants reimagine the traditional conference model, the inaugural The Conference for Conferences kicked off with an offbeat icebreaker.
Have We Moved the Sustainability Bar?
According to AmEx Global Business Travel’s 2026 Global Meetings & Events Forecast, planners recognize that their attendees expect their events to be sustainable. But how are they delivering on that expectation?
Pirates and Poachers Persist
A recent post on the PCMA Catalyst community resurfaces the problem of third-party housing scammers — an age-old events industry issue.
A Look Inside Convening EMEA 2025
Here's what to expect this week as the business events industry gathers in Rotterdam.
Joining the Dots With Zanny Minton Beddoes
Ahead of her Main Stage opening keynote at PCMA Convening Leaders 2026, Jan. 11-14 in Philadelphia, The Economist Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes spoke with Convene about three global revolutions reshaping our world, why in-person events matter more than ever, and how to navigate an environment defined by uncertainty.