The American Express Meetings & Events 2019 Global Meetings and Events Forecast projects that planners will have to master a higher volume of events and rising costs. (TSNN)

Preliminary results of the first Global Economic Significance of Business Events study commissioned by the Events Industry Council demonstrates the industry's impact. (PCMA)

The conference was BYOB — bring your own baby. (Forbes)

New research from Cvent shows that group business is declining for U.S. hotels, and planners are booking room blocks closer to the date of their event than before. (Skift)

Hilton is marking 100 years with a look at the dramatic impact the brand has had on the world — both in hospitality and beyond. (Fast Company)

Elastic thinking is about stretching your mind and using "bottom up" processing in the brain rather than the top down executive functions that drive analytical thinking. (The Ladders)

Three leading tech experts outside of the meetings industry on what business-event organizers should keep in mind going forward. (pcmaconvene)

The newest industry report by the International Congress and Convention Association reveals the results of an extensive study on the 55-year growth of the international association meetings industry. (CMW)

Event technology giant Cvent on Tuesday announced it will buy Social Tables, the Washington, D.C.-based event technology platform founded by Dan Berger in 2011. (Skift)

The future of the hospitality industry is firmly linked with technology and its application on one side and active engagement with personalization on the other. (Entrepreneur)

With the development of biometric technology, TSA could add facial recognition technology or fingerprints to the airport security lanes. (TravelPulse)

According to a new study, most employees wouldn't have given their boss a card for National Boss's Day. (Inc.)