The “Decision to Attend 2” study quantifies what makes your attendees want to go to your meetings.

Hilton’s chief executive is credited with helping create the second-largest hotel company in the world. And his people skills rival his business skills.

The architect and designer breaks disciplinary boundaries connecting science, engineering, and art.

Wired’s editor in chief on making technology work for the good of society.

The president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation offers after-school arts programs and job training for ‘people who have been given up for dead.’

The director of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Office talks about luring a portfolio of giant outdoor shows to Denver — and how the destination’s economy and culture stand to benefit.

When Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston, the George R. Brown Convention Center prepared itself to shelter a thousand evacuees. They ended up with more than 10,000 — some of whom stayed for three weeks.

“I very much enjoy the difficult and challenging negotiations, the clients that really challenge you to do something differently.”

A new survey, funded by the PCMA Education Foundation and sponsored by Marriott, reveals how corporate and association execs view the event professionals in their organizations and the business skills most valuable to them.

Post-Maria, the Puerto Rico Convention Center didn’t sustain any major damage, making it a main hub for relief efforts.

Sonoma County Tourism’s new CEO on recovering from the wild fires that burned Northern California in October — including how meetings can help.

The convention center has been hosting an open house each year since 2010.

There were both short- and long-term impacts to Cleveland’s economy from hosting the 2016 Republican National Convention.

The Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland has its own farm — not to mention a full-time intern who’s helping study bee-colony collapse.

The Kellogg Company wanted to incorporate food trucks into a sales meeting focused on culinary trends — and tapped a visionary young entrepreneur to pull it off.

Aligning passion and creating innovative learning- and user-experience design are important in attracting and engaging future audiences.

How did the European Society for Organ Transplantation build buzz for its 2017 Congress? With a mascot named Gaudino.

What lessons can we learn from outside our industry?

When bad things happen around the world, the business-events industry can do much good.

Here’s a simple tip to avoid those long lines.

Numbers don’t tell the whole story. Data ethnography can provide a more accurate picture of your attendees by adding cultural and emotional context.