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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

SmartMeetings

For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? Here are key takeaways that could impact the travel, trade show and hospitality industries. Plan ahead. Be flexible.

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Will Constant Mask Wearing Save the Meetings Industry?

SmartMeetings

Bird Flu broke out in 1997, followed by SARS in 2003 and Swine Flu in 2009. a concert, movie, trade show). Meetings Could Look Like [Way Outside of the Box]. When it comes to meetings in the Asian market, they look vastly different. has mostly missed. When you are sick , even if it is only with a common cold.

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What’s the Economic Impact of the Meetings Industry?

PCMA Convene

In terms of jobs, the meetings and events industry creates more direct jobs than large manufacturing sectors such as automotive, chemicals, and food. For every dollar spent on face-to-face meetings and business events in 2016, it generated an additional $1.60 in benefits to the U.S. in benefits to the U.S.

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Field Report: 10 Top Exhibits at Design & Construction Week 2024 in Las Vegas

Event Marketer

Dubbed the largest annual light construction trade show in the world, IBS grew 12 percent this year, with attendance at the highest level since 2009, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), which owns the show.

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Big Plans for the Meetings Mean Business Initiative

MeetingsNet

Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, leaders of the Meetings Mean Business coalition—which showcases the tangible value that face-to-face meetings, conventions, and trade shows provide to people, businesses, and host communities—revealed what coalition co-chair Julie Coker Graham called the group's "activation strategy" for 2019.

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Why is DEI Critical to the Hospitality Industry?

Smart Meetings

ESPs are the anchor that bond diverse suppliers representing multi-cultural backgrounds that desire and qualify to be able to provide goods and services to meeting planners who deliberately seek to make an impact on destinations where they host events. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Interviews with Planners - Harris Schanhaut

Eventinterface

Harris Schanhaut, CME has been managing conferences, meetings and events in diverse industries, including automotive, medical, travel, technology, financial, pharmaceutical, wellness, and manufacturing. He has been published numerous times in trade magazines, and has been a speaker at industry events since 2003. John’s University.