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CL25 Main Stage Speaker Scott Galloway on What’s Ahead for 2025
The marketing guru’s recent annual trend forecast webinar gives us a foretaste of what Convening Leaders participants can expect from his session. Here’s a hint: AI + travel.
Budget Woes Top List of Event Planners’ Biggest Challenges
Results from Convene’s 31st Annual Meetings Market Survey show that a dramatic increase in AV costs — plus rising fees from venues and hotels — are straining planners’ budgets.
Budget Pressures and Big Expectations: Insights From the Meetings Market Survey
Responses from business event organizers to the 31st Convene Meetings Market Survey reflect an acceptance of difficult market conditions, cautious optimism about the future, and above all, a sense of resilience.
EIC Barometer: ‘Exceptionally Positive’ Forecast
The latest EIC Global Business Events Barometer shows industry resilience and an encouraging forecast for next year and beyond.
Ask More Questions, Get More Results From Your Negotiations
Alex Carter led two PCMA Business School sessions on negotiating during Convening Leaders 2025. But this United Nations negotiation trainer and Columbia Law School professor didn’t help participants prep for battle: Her approach is more about steering than winning.
5 Top Universal Challenges for Event Organizers
Global DMC Partners’ most recent survey shines a light on everything from rising costs and managing budgets to AI adoption in the business events industry.
Research Spotlights Present and Future Challenges for Planners
Late registrations and room-block bookings are an issue, but planners see more challenges on the horizon.
Survey Explores Speaker and Planner Dynamics
The “2024 Speaking Industry Benchmark Report” offers insights into the current state of the relationship between planners and speakers — and how speaker selection factors into an event’s success.
Is the RFP Process for Events Getting Easier or Harder?
A handful of event suppliers and organizers traded their insights on how the RFP process has changed since the pandemic during a session at Business Events Industry Week.
What’s in Store for the Events Industry in 2024?
Knowland and ConferenceDirect’s fourth annual “State of the Meetings Industry” report shines a light on planners’ challenges and opportunities, from cost containment to AI adoption.
EMEA Region Survey Concludes: Time to Collaborate
Business events industry respondents to the latest PCMA EMEA Engagement Survey said that the No. 1 priority for their employers is collaboration and strategic partnerships. Meanwhile, opportunities to collaborate with their peers was often cited by event organizers as the one thing they would like to see at an industry event. This emphasis on working together suggests how the industry is charting a path forward.
Making Bleisure, Sustainability, and Wellness Top of Mind
Accor’s annual gathering in Paris in July highlighted the trends transforming the future of hospitality.