Meetings and Events Industry News

Some industries are much slower to change than others, and the meetings and events industry is one of them despite strides made by some early adopters.

The convention of the future is a co-created hybrid mechanism of live and virtual engagement, fluidly connecting more people through more channels over longer periods of time to leverage the collective knowledge of the community.

Understand the current state of conventions, what organizations are doing to improve and innovate them, and what the future brings for these large meetings and events. Get the report.

Hotels, tourism bureaus, meeting planners and delegates are having challenges keeping up with advances in event technology due to so many new platforms and providers arriving on the scene.

Technology is only as good as the functions it performs and when it comes to conferences and networking, that means helping users make quick decisions and seamless connections.

There's a market opportunity in meetings and events -- a $500 billion one, according to DoubleDutch. Conferences need apps and data, and that's where DoubleDutch enters the arena.

Omni is moving a step beyond content marketing to put on live events that give, in this case career advice, in order to receive, brand loyalty and (hopefully) new business.

By bringing together the largest ever cross section of tourism industry players, the Meetings Mean Business Coalition shows how the economic impact of business meetings dwarfs other industries, and why it needs to be supported by government at all levels.

After years of defending itself as a serious business destination for meetings and conventions during the recession, Las Vegas has a little fun with its new ad campaign now that group numbers are trending north again.

DMAI's report shows how and why destination sales and marketing organizations need to evolve beyond sales and marketing.