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ICCA Names Top 20 Association Meeting Cities

SmartMeetings

ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association, has released its annual rankings of top meeting cities and countries , and there have been quite of a few shake-ups among the top 10 meeting destinations. Top Meeting Cities. Paris has landed at the top spot with 196 meetings, one more than No.

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Six Rules to Ensure a Lasting Event Legacy

MeetingsNet

Corporate and association meetings often leave a positive impact across a destination that goes beyond simple financial benefit. If a meeting host hopes to build a lasting legacy in a meeting destination, it can bring about a strong brand reputation across a city even if it doesn’t return for several years.

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Ready, Willing, and Able – The Return of Association Events

StraussCA

As associations consider when to bring members together, they must consider that members must be ready, willing, and able to do so. When I look at pictures of colleagues gathering at association meetings in the United States – maskless – I realize that I too will be able to do this (more restrictions not withstanding).

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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 last year’s survey: +2.9 percent. ›

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Convene Salary Survey 2017

PCMA Convene

How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? But job sites that aren’t specific to the meetings industry lump event planners and event coordinators together. Fifty-six percent of respondents are age 40 and older; 61 percent have more than 10 years of meeting-management experience. Convene Salary Survey 2017.

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Convene Salary Survey 2017

PCMA Convene

How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? But job sites that aren’t specific to the meetings industry lump event planners and event coordinators together. Fifty-six percent of respondents are age 40 and older; 61 percent have more than 10 years of meeting-management experience. Convene Salary Survey 2017.

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Convene’s 2016 Salary Survey

PCMA Convene

The numbers are in: Slightly fewer meeting professionals received raises compared with last year’s survey, and those increases were significantly less than those received in the prior year. . According to our survey results this year, the overall average salary for meeting professionals is $80,505. And even at 4.35

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