Meetings and Events Industry News

While there are many issues prohibiting meeting attendees from booking Airbnb, the amount of those who do will skyrocket as more people understand the opportunities for local travel experiences and inherent cost savings. Affordable sharing accommodations also help people attend educational association events who otherwise might not be able to afford to participate.

Macau is an example of an emerging meetings destination that will see U.S. market growth on the backs of its U.S. hotel partners like Sheraton and St. Regis, but the challenges are significant due to the region's reputation as the "Las Vegas of the East."

As the next generation of meeting planners rises in the work place, hotels and event venues need to better understand their behaviors to close more group business.

Since Meetings Mean Business launched in January 2014 with industry-wide representation (except for the airlines), the coalition has become a valuable resource for industry research. The next phase includes getting non-industry CEOs to advocate for the value of meetings, finally ending the millennial conversation, and partnering with new tech and sharing companies.

Visit Detroit created a lineup of educational tours for the ASAE Convention that provided both professional development opportunities and immersive travel experiences for the attendees.

This is the first time a convention bureau has launched an official website promoting a destination's intellectual software ahead of its infrastructure hardware.

This survey is the first real evidence that North America is catching up with the trend in Europe to align destination marketing with knowledge leaders in the destination.

This is another step on the road toward Wi-Fi access becoming a free and open utility, and a right. Until the laws catch up with the times it appears we can expect more battles like this for the foreseeable future.

The level of thought leadership and production values in these videos creates an impressive package that positions Vancouver as a convention city of brains and beauty.

There's a huge gap today in the meetings industry between ideation and implementation when it comes to next generation meeting design and event technology.