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Northstar/Cvent Meetings Industry PULSE Survey | October 2024

From Northstar Meetings Group: The latest Meetings Industry PULSE Survey, coproduced and sponsored by Cvent, reveals sustained optimism among planners. Just 15 percent of this cycle’s 332 respondents are less bullish now than they were six months ago. In fact, nearly 40 percent will produce more meetings in 2025 than in 2024. Among other noteworthy…

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Global Travel Market to Grow 10% Per Year up to 2026

From Conference & Meetings World: Phocuswright, leading travel research firm, reports that the global travel market will grow 6-10% per year through 2026. The industry has now surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with a total spend in 2023 of $1.5tn. ‘Online travel’ was a recurring trend of the Phocuswright’s Global Travel Market Report 2024. The sector is…

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Growth of US B2B Exhibition Industry Continues

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced today that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry experienced a minor slowdown following a strong first quarter in 2024. Modest performance of the metrics for completed events – especially in exhibition attendance – set back the Q2 2024 Index value to 87.7 after a record 92.3 in…

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Evolving Association Membership Models

From Strategic Membership Solutions (SMS): The way associations manage and engage their members is rapidly changing, and it’s clear that the traditional “one-size-fits-all” approach just isn’t cutting it anymore. That’s why I’m excited to announce the release of my latest whitepaper, Evolving Association Membership Models, which dives into these shifts and provides actionable strategies for…

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IMEX America Reveals Sustainability Report

From IMEX: Produced with sustainability consultants MeetGreen®, our latest Sustainability Report lifts the lid on how we tackled waste diversion and energy use, as well as highlighting all-important areas for improvement. We’ve distilled all of our top tips, successes and controlled experiments from last year’s IMEX America into one report. We do this because we’re…

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Associations Boost America’s Economy and Generate Opportunity

From ASAE: ASAE is releasing the most definitive research on associations to date, demonstrating the massive economic impact generated in every state by these engines of economic prosperity and leaders in community engagement and innovation. “This new study for the first time quantifies the power of associations to boost America’s economy and generate opportunity through…

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Northstar/Cvent Meetings Industry PULSE Survey | August 2024

From Northstar Meetings Group: The latest Meetings Industry PULSE Survey, co-produced and sponsored by Cvent, reveals that high costs remain among planners’ most pressing concerns. However, the investment is wise: 78 percent of the 470 survey respondents say face-to-face gatherings are more valuable than other sales, marketing and business-development initiatives. Among other noteworthy findings: Optimism…

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UFI Global Exhibition Barometer 33rd Edition (August 2024)

UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the latest 33rd edition of its flagship Global Exhibition Barometer report which takes the pulse of the industry. The results highlight that the exhibition industry will achieve record revenues globally in 2024, moving beyond the post-pandemic recovery that was achieved at the end of 2023…

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City Travel Report Reveals European City Tourism Booms

From City Destinations Alliance: The 20th edition of the City Travel Report by CityDNA (formerly known as the CityDNA Benchmarking Report) reveals a steady growth in European city tourism, as cities achieved an average increase of 13.7% in 2023. The report, featuring results from 117 European cities, showcases the remarkable progress made in the post-pandemic…

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Business Travel Spending Expected to Hit Record $1.48T This Year

From Meetings International: The business travel industry has proven itself resilient as it moves into a new era of post-pandemic stabilisation. The 2024 forecast predicts global business travel spending will reach $1.48 trillion USD by the end of the year. Boosted by economic stability, pent-up demand and recovery momentum, spending is projected to surpass $2…

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Enhancing Employee Engagement & Retention Through DEI Initiatives

From Diversity Alliance: How much are you compromising your company’s growth by overlooking DE&I initiatives? Ignoring diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and accessibility initiatives can lead to significant setbacks in your workplace. The “Driving Success Through Diversity: Data Report 2024” is essential reading for the events industry. Produced by Diversity Alliance® and supported by CVENT and…

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TBOE Publishes 2024 International Planner Sentiment Report

From Meetings International: The Business of Events has published its 2024 International Planner Sentiment Report, created in partnership with Meet in Ireland and IBTM World. The annual report, which was first published in 2020, uses desk-based research to track the sentiment of planners in ten specific areas to determine the key factors influencing their choice…

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OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024

The OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024 edition comes as tourism has rebounded strongly following significant declines in 2020-21. The strong tourism recovery is providing a wake-up call as some destinations struggle to manage demand and its impacts on local communities and the environment. It analyses tourism trends and policy responses across 50 OECD and…

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Economic Impact of Exhibitions in the UK | 2023

From Events Industry Alliance: The business events industry helped to boost the UK economy by £10.9 billion in 2023, according to a new economic report by the Events Industry Alliance (EIA). Marija Erzen, co-owner, Solutions 2 (UK) Ltd, ESSA and EIA chair, commented, “We are delighted with the results of our latest economic impact report….

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5 Years of Meeting for Impact

From #Meet4Impact: With immense pleasure, and a sense of disbelief at how swiftly these five years have flown by, I am thrilled to share #MEET4IMPACT’s very first account of our journey toward impact. Six years ago, after spending two fruitful decades in the business events sector, toggling between event planning and association leadership roles, I…

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Mixed Performance, Record Investment – UKCAMS 2024

The latest research into the UK’s conference and meetings sector suggests that the industry’s post-Covid recovery did not gather momentum in 2023 but rather witnessed a somewhat mixed performance. While there were undoubtedly some venues that were doing really well, others were finding the market more challenging and not experiencing a continuous upward trajectory in…

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