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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

SmartMeetings

Is 2017 a buyer’s or a seller’s market for hotel supply growth? Market research by Mintel also predicts that consumer spending on vacations and dining will jump 27 percent between 2015 and 2019. What does that mean for those whose business is to plan meetings, seminars and conferences? Meeting planners do, too.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. percent in the 2015 survey). Projected 2018 Convention/Meeting Budget vs. 2017 Convention/Meeting Budget. economy’s growth was outpacing expectations.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

Many of these we’ve introduced in response to research, delegate feedback and market trends. It all means we’re offering more opportunities to do business, learn and meet new contacts than ever.”. Among the initiatives that IMEX America has introduced to meet this need is the EventTechTours.

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Inside the Bid Process for a Citywide Conference

PCMA Convene

Last September, when more than 9,000 beekeepers, researchers, and honey traders descended on Daejeon, South Korea, for Apimondia 2015, the 44th International Apicultural Congress, two groups of outsiders — a few dozen people in all — were among them. This is the international market.”. Illustration by Daniel Chang.

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How to Hold a Successful Spin-Off Conference

PCMA Convene

In addition, ESTRO itself had a strong presence in Glasgow, in terms of relationships with leading experts at the University of Glasgow, as well as professionals at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), which opened in 2015 as Europe’s largest hospital.

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Convene’s 2016 Salary Survey

PCMA Convene

percent reported in our 2015 survey. The hefty raises in 2014–2015 may have been a more aggressive attempt to bring salaries back in line after the recession years. percent reported in our 2015 survey. Moreover, the average salary increase of 4.35 percent was significantly lower than the average raise of 7.03

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Convene’s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Every year, when we compile the latest Meetings Market Survey results, we compare them to the previous year’s survey. Those disclaimers aside, Convene ’s annual Meetings Market Survey continues to be recognized as an important piece of benchmarking research in the meetings industry. In the 2015 survey: +5.3

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