A brand-new 800- room Signia by Hilton is rising across the street from — and connected via pedestrian walkway to — the Indianapolis Convention Center.

Inside Indy’s Rise

Indianapolis may be considered a second-tier city, but it’s punching above its weight class as a host destination for medical meetings and more.

Cincinnati’s convention center has been reimagined, filled with natural light and a new floorplan totaling 750,000 square feet.

Seriously Cincy

A quick trip reveals how a downtown renaissance is transforming Ohio’s third-largest city into a top-tier event destination.

The Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach’s saltwater infinity pool is steps from the shoreline.

Sea Suite

A three-day tour of Florida’s Palm Beaches showcased this coastal area’s culinary creativity and sophisticated meeting spaces.

Planners said they are leaning into data and ROI-driven decision-making, trying out new pricing or revenue models, reworking events to be more localized or segmented, and reorganizing internally to meet current and potential future challenges head on.

What’s Next?

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 coming year will bring.

Planners said they are leaning into data and ROI-driven decision-making, trying out new pricing or revenue models, reworking events to be more localized or segmented, and reorganizing internally to meet current and potential future challenges head on.

Convene’s 32nd Meetings Market Survey Results

Responses from Convene’s Annual Meetings Market Survey show the varying ways that event strategists are managing uncertainty, maximizing attendee engagement, and adopting new technologies like AI.

Whether they are generally bullish or bearish on what's next for meetings, industry insiders agree that the rising cost of events is the top challenge they face.

What’s Ahead for the Events Industry in 2026?

Convene asked planners: Are you more worried or more excited about the future? The answers we got sparked a deeper conversation about how the industry sees itself in the current moment.

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