Meetings and Events Industry News

Registration can make or break an event, and even the finest venue, speakers, and content will not neutralize dispassionate staff and unwelcoming, long lines. Here is how to improve the process. 

From Skift's annual retreat that focuses on gathering its globally dispersed team to the Council of Europe, where leaders from 46 member nations convened, Iceland took center stage as a meetings destination last week.

Skift Research reports complete travel recovery as the current Travel Health Index has topped 100, indicating that global tourism is now performing better than it did before the pandemic. Every region in the index has grown, and meeting professionals must take note.

From hands-on analog to cutting-edge digital, here are successful engagement ideas garnered from the show floor of the Experiential Marketing Summit that should be in every meeting professional’s toolbox.

The NAACP is the latest group to issue a formal Florida travel advisory in response to a Governor Ron DeSantis bill. The LGBTQ+ community has done the same and, in its wake, is canceling events.

Louisville Tourism's Leave a Legacy program helps meetings and event organizers connect with local non-profit organizations.

While big-brand hotels and specialized apps tout the advantages of instant booking, the cons may outweigh the pros when it comes to professional event management.

Designing events with precision, and taking risks, dominated conversations at the Experiential Marketing Summit in Las Vegas. 

Audience demographics, needs, and expectations for in-person experiential programs have shifted, engendering many business-to-business events to evolve into more engaging, personalized, consumerized, and ultimately, business-to-consumer event experiences. 

When ESPA started its DEI initiative, some members weren't familiar with what that meant. A newly published guide addresses this challenge.