
28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Who Responded?
Each year, meeting planners who are members of PCMA and an additional group of Convene meeting planner subscribers receive an extensive Meetings Market Survey, ...

Meetings Market Survey: Operating Ratios
When respondents to Convene’s latest Meetings Market Survey were asked to write in their No. 1 on-the-job challenge, budget frustrations were the most-frequently cited ...

Meetings Market Survey: Expositions
Respondents to Convene’s Meetings Market Survey 2018 reported that, on average, attendance at their largest convention/meeting exposition in 2018 dropped from 2017. The graphics ...

Meetings Market Survey: Small Meetings
Respondents to Convene's Meetings Market Survey 2018 reported that, on average, they are booking their small meetings about 10 months out, the same as ...

Meetings Market Survey: International Meetings, Attendees
Eighty-eight percent of respondents to Convene’s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey said that it was more difficult for potential event registrants to obtain visas ...

Meetings Market Survey: What They Said
In Convene’s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, we asked respondents two open-ended questions — What’s the No. 1 Challenge Facing the Meetings Industry? and What's ...

How Does Your Organization Collect, Use Participant Data?
In the 28th annual Meetings Market Survey, Convene asked respondents who said that their organization has changed how it collects and uses participant data ...

Shining a Light on Pay Transparency
Until pay transparency becomes more commonplace among organizations, business event organizers’ go-to resource to benchmark their compensation against that of their peers remains Convene’s ...

Experience Matters: IACC Report Spotlights Growing Event Priorities
The new IACC “Meeting Room of the Future — Australia & Asia Pacific” report spotlights such growing event priorities as immersive experiences and personalisation ...

Making Sense of Room Block Decisions
New research aims to determine what inspires attendees to book inside — or outside — the block ...

German Convention Bureau’s Research Identifies Attendee Types
Three key strategies — adding surprising or disruptive change elements, facilitating effective knowledge transfer, and catering to different attendee needs — create memorable events ...

5 Trends to Watch for the Future of Business Events
Marriott and PCMA partnered on a study that takes a deep dive into how consumer and market forces will change business events ...