SmartMeetings

APRIL 14, 2017

In addition to skiing enthusiasts, the hotel and travel industry—as well as event planners that specialize in selecting venues for intimate corporate and association meetings—is taking notice of the deal. Mammoth has been Southern California’s mountain home since 1948,” said Rusty Gregory, current chairman and CEO of Mammoth Resorts.

2014 41

2014 Financial 2017 Association Meetings 41

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

The hefty raises in 2014–2015 may have been a more aggressive attempt to bring salaries back in line after the recession years. percent, meeting professionals received a higher-percent raise than the overall national average — the nonprofit human-resources association WorldatWork estimates that the 2016 budget for raises for the U.S.

2016 75

2016 2015 2014 Education 75

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. It was the first time since 2014 that the economy had experienced a growth of 3 percent or more for two straight quarters. 2014 App development and deployment. economy’s growth was outpacing expectations.

Marketing 78

Marketing Meetings 2016 2007 78

PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

Meet Minneapolis first learned about Apimondia in early 2014, when leaders in the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) approached the destination about bidding on the 2019 congress. First, however, Meet Minneapolis had to wait for the ABF and the Eastern Apicultural Society — Apimondia’s U.S. Earn one hour of CEU credit.

Conference 63

Conference 2015 2019 Government 63

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Event-supply rentals topped the list of outsourced items in most surveys since 2007, except in 2014, and again this year, when event-app development and deployment took the lead. The overall average is 11 months, compared to 10 months in the 2015 survey and 9 months in the 2014 survey.

2015 40

2015 Meetings Marketing 2016 40

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

From 1994 to 2014, a Pew Research Center survey found, highly negative views of the other U.S. At more and more conferences, especially those produced by associations and other nonprofit organizations, community-service projects are as expected as exhibit halls and award ceremonies. The last 20 years bear him out.

2016 40

2016 2014 Conference 2006 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 It’s not 9-to-5 anymore.

2012 56

2012 Food and Beverage 2013 Hotels 56