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Events Industry Forecast 2023: Where We Are Now

Events Industry Forecast 2023: Where We Are Now

For this year’s Industry Forecast, we've culled the latest research on business events and the sectors that support them — travel, event technology, lodging, ...
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’The Event-Industry Adaptations Are Coming Fast and Furious’

Technology journalist Michelle Bruno shares what — in addition to AI — planners should keep their eye on in Convene’s annual Events Industry Forecast ...
Powering Human Connection with AI

Powering Human Connection with AI

What three experts predict will happen when artificial intelligence meets event technology ...
Report Explores Guiding Principles for Event Design

Report Explores Guiding Principles for Event Design

The Six Truths for Innovative Event Strategies study, a research collaboration between PCMA, Marriott International, CEMA, and Storycraft Lab, offers business events industry insights ...
Guiding Principles in Experience Design - Six Truths for Innovative Event Strategies

Guiding Principles in Experience Design – Six Truths for Innovative Event Strategies

The six truths–rather than trends–for innovative event strategies to start implementing into your business events now. Brought to you by the PCMA Foundation in ...
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Top Cities for Corporate Events in 2023 and Other Trends

New York City, London, Singapore, and Sao Paulo lead regional lists for corporate events, which should reach pre-2019 spend levels in 2023 or 2024 ...
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4 Myths About In-Person Work and Events

Social psychologist Heidi Grant and EY Americas Chief Learning Officer Tal Goldhamer weighed in on commonly held beliefs about working — and networking — ...
Will Pent-up Demand for Events Continue in the Long Run?

Will Pent-up Demand for Events Continue in the Long Run?

Cathy Breden, CEO of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, offers her insight into the future of B2B exhibitions ...
<i>Convene</i>’s Events Industry Forecast for 2023

Convene’s Events Industry Forecast for 2023

We’ve brought back the industry forecast, curating research and trends in travel, hospitality, events, event tech — and, new this year, hybrid work — ...
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Staffing Shortage in Travel and Hospitality Sectors Remains an Issue

The average number of open positions at hotels dropped in the fall, but improvements are coming slowly, report shows ...
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Managers and Employees Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on a Return to the Office

Study shows almost half of managers polled want to bring remote workers back to the office, but more than 60 percent of employees don’t ...
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3 Travel Trends to Watch in 2023

For the Events Industry Forecast, Convene editors mined numerous sources and found three trends that will impact travel — and the events and hospitality ...

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