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Top 25 Meeting Markets Seeing Uneven Recovery

MeetingsNet

By March, meetings business in most of the top 25 meeting markets in the country beat forecasts, while April is also on pace to notably exceed the forecasts made as recently as early February. meeting markets is the strength of transient business travel. One factor that affects demand and prices in the top U.S.

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Recovery of business events gains momentum in 2022 Q2

Event Industry News

RFP activity and hotel group room nights showed a significant increase in 2022 Q2, with both indexes reaching over 80% of 2019 levels, according to the 2022 Q2 Global Business Events Barometer released today by the Events Industry Council (EIC), the voice of the global business events industry.

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Sponsorship Outlook: 10 Hot Properties to Watch in 2024

Event Marketer

Hot Properties You Might Like: Hot Property: Eight Insights on Activating at Davos Hot Property: Three Ways to Activate a Farmers Market Experience Davos At Davos 2024, LinkedIn and The Female Quotient joined forces to present an economic graph depicting gender inequality in the workforce. Location: Davos, Switzerland Dates: Jan.

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Smart Moves in Washington, DC, Baton Rouge and More

Smart Meetings

Joelle Park Joelle Park Park is appointed to the role of senior vice president and chief marketing officer at BWH Hotels. In this executive role, Park will lead the company’s global marketing, brand strategy and communications. Shelby Luzzi Shelby Luzzi Luzzi is the first senior manager, sustainability, of Destination DC (DDC).

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These Cause Marketing Activations Were Built to Align with Consumers’ Evolving Priorities

Event Marketer

And it can’t just be about optics—the young consumers driving cause marketing’s modern evolution are particularly adept at seeing through flowery language and empty promises. . Enter: the cause marketing activations and events implemented in 2021, which included an array of stunts and adventurous calls to action. CREATING A CORPS.

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Airlines Evolve to Cater to Groups

Smart Meetings

Now, the meeting planner can leverage a company’s umbrella agreement for set discounts (say between two city pairs) based on availability rather than paying market pricing. “It Sustainable aviation fuel could help to bridge the gap once enough is produced to bring the price down. Real-time Reporting. Trips will just be more mindful.”.

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IMEX America is Back!: Day 1 Highlights from the Return to Meeting

Smart Meetings

Destinations International Large Market Roundtable outlined initiatives to establish Destination Booking Agreement Guidelines to create certainty for all parties. Caesars and Meet AC announced sustainability highlights from its newly released 2021 CSR Report —in a Leed-certified Augustus Tower villa suite—and the news (and views) are great.

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