SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

SmithBucklin cited conflicting reports forecasting “that hotel supply growth may outpace demand in 2017, indicating that the association event industry could be shifting from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market for the first time since 2009” or that more hotel mergers and consolidations “could further strengthen their ability to control pricing.”

Trade Shows 59

Trade Shows 2017 Travel Hotels 59

The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

Between 2009–2011, the property was completely refurbished and reopened in 2011. Bern is the Swiss capital; hence, government business, association meetings, banking and consulting are the core business. Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA. Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA has 99 rooms and suites; 12 are suite rooms.

2020 80

2020 Conference Food and Beverage Hotels 80

Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry. The world of meetings is fascinating because now we see a kind of specialization. Eric is more focused on corporate meetings, and Adrian is more on association meetings. This was my fifth career. It’s fascinating.

Conference 208

Conference Meetings Corporate Meetings Association Meetings 208

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. In November, the economic recovery since the 2007–2009 recession was in its eighth year, and “showing little signs of fatigue,” according to Reuters. 2009 Event-supply rentals. TOP OUTSOURCED ITEM, 2007–2017.

Marketing 78

Marketing Meetings 2016 2007 78

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

recession hit December 2007, through post-recession (mid-2009), to the recovery. Remarkably, some metrics in 15 key areas have held steady during the past decade — for example, meetings and conventions have consistently contributed to around one-third of their organizations’ total annual revenues — regardless of the economy.

2015 40

2015 Meetings Marketing 2016 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As When Yahoo Ruled the Internet.

2012 56

2012 Food and Beverage 2013 Hotels 56