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November 2024
Responses from business event organizers to the 31st Convene Meetings Market Survey reflect an acceptance of difficult market conditions, cautious optimism about the future, and above all, a sense of resilience.
Cover illustration by Julie Murphy
view digital edition subscribeTrends Report 2025: Help — and Bleisure Time — Wanted
Hotel staffing shortages and bleisure trips will impact meeting professionals’ planning efforts — and their attendees’ experiences — in 2025. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
Budget Woes Top List of Event Planners’ Biggest Challenges
Results from Convene’s 31st Annual Meetings Market Survey show that a dramatic increase in AV costs — plus rising fees from venues and hotels — are straining planners’ budgets.
Trends Report 2025: Event Attendees as Consumers First
How consumer behavior trends translate to business events: Meeting participants also are seeking connection with purpose. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
Trends Report 2025: Meeting and Event ‘Destination Dupes’
A longtime event site-selection strategy is gaining strength — and it has a twin tactic on the leisure side. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
Trends Report 2025: An Eye on AI and the Planet
Event professionals’ proficiency using AI tools continues to grow. How about their green skills? Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
Trends Report 2025: Will Event Tech Costs Fuel Low-Tech Options?
The demand to create high-tech, awe-inducing spectacles at events could stretch planners’ budgets to the limit. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
Trends Report 2025: The Rise of Humans in an AI World
A longtime event site-selection strategy is gaining strength — and it has a twin tactic on the leisure side. Part of Convene’s Annual Events Industry Forecast.
Participants’ Passion and Commitment for Chinatowns Energize Summit
Chinatown leaders from the U.S. and Canada gather to tackle safety, economic revitalization, and cultural preservation in neighborhoods across North America.
The Secret to This Tech Conference’s Exponential Growth
CodeMash’s move to make the tech conference more accessible and affordable led to a family-friendly event that spawned the spin-off KidzMash just for attendees’ children.
The Pitfalls of Predicting the Future
We’ve changed things up this year with our Annual Industry Forecast to give you more pointed insights for what may lie ahead.
A Slam-Dunk for Accessibility
Before hosting a major wheelchair basketball tournament this year, Richmond, Virginia, worked to make the event welcoming and accessible to all. Here’s what that took.
CL25 Speaker Kishore Mahbubani on the Coming Asian Century
At CL25, four Main Stage speakers will encourage audiences to expand their own thinking. Convene spoke with Kishore Mahbubani, former UN Security Council President and authority on geopolitical shifts, about using business events as platforms for global understanding and collaboration.