Meetings and Events Industry News

Skift Meetings' upcoming report reveals an industry that remains resilient and innovative, as it is forced to continuously change and evolve.

As AI sweeps across the event tech landscape, June’s developments show a sector racing to redefine value through smarter tools, deeper data, and strategic consolidation. The real winners? Planners who can keep pace with the change.

Business travel predictions for Q3 & 4 vary widely, with the travelers sometimes appearing more optimistic than their companies.

As Brexit fallout continues to hamper international attendance, UK event leaders are calling for targeted agreements with the EU to restore cross-border mobility and recover international business lost to red tape and rising costs. 

Despite laws that protect food donors and apps that simplify the process, planners keep hitting roadblocks with hotels unwilling or unable to donate food.

Microsoft’s decision to move its flagship developer event out of Seattle marks a significant shift for the company and the city’s events economy. The new location for Build 2026 has yet to be announced.

Claus Raasted wants to disrupt the default settings of the meetings industry — one bold, low-stakes experiment at a time. His legacy goal? Make the world a little less afraid, and a lot more willing to try something new.

The industry is facing its first non-pandemic resilience test. The numbers aren't terrible, but they're a wake-up call for an industry that's gotten too comfortable with its comeback narrative.

No rooming lists, diagrams, or BEOs — and no responses to her calls or emails — left this planner on edge as her hotel went through a change of ownership just weeks before her meeting.  

While media coverage centered on A-list guests and spectacle in Venice, planners focused on how shifting event venues, layered security, and logistical complexity were managed under pressure.