Tag: Meeting Trends
Association Meetings Feeling the Pressure
New data reveals association meetings facing declining attendance, rising costs and global headwinds.
Quick Hits: Industry News You Can’t Miss
Winter Storm Fern hits the U.S., Spirit Airlines explores a potential sale and passenger weight loss could cut airline fuel costs in this week’s industry news roundup.
Exclusive: Bishop-McCann’s Amber Heintz Talks Trends
Are 2025 trends here to stay? 5 insider tips on how planners can navigate the changing MICE landscape.
6 Big-Picture Meeting Trends
Venue and hospitality professionals weigh in on accessibility, international attendance, shifts in meeting formats and other big-picture meeting trends.
10 Event Trends to Ring in the New Year
Here’s what Global DMC Partners projects will be the top 10 event trends shaping the industry in 2025.
Mike Dominguez on 7 Economic Trends in the Year Ahead
A host of economic forces at home and abroad are creating a new narrative for meetings and events, says industry leader Mike Dominguez.
5 Program Design Tips to Engage Attendees
Rudy Garza, Brightspot Incentives, on how program design can foster purposeful engagement and personalization.
Meetings Survey Shows Career Opportunities and Rising Costs
The Q2 Meetings & Events Pulse Survey from Global DMC Partners shows rising prices, rising program budgets and career opportunities.
Meeting and Event Trends in 2022 and Beyond
Travel tech giant Amadeus predicts smaller meetings, shorter lead times, and ever more important planner-supplier relationships for 2022 and beyond.
Optimism at GBTA Orlando
The overarching mood at last week's GBTA was positive, based on the results of the latest Business Travel Index.
AMEX Meetings and Events Survey Shows Robust Industry Rebound
The results of the American Express Global Meetings and Events Forecast show a robust return to in-person and hybrid meetings.
5 Meeting Trends That Give Attendees More Control in 2019
Karen Shackman, founder of Shackman Associates, shares five meeting trends she’s witnessing that will give attendees more control in the coming year.
My Favorite Meeting Trend Currently Is…
Experts weigh in on their favorite, current meeting trends.
5 Meeting Trends for 2018
From live streaming of sessions to locavore teambuilding, here are 5 meeting trends for 2018 identified by Benchmark's properties.













