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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

In fact, most saw continued stability and growth for their events — and many also blamed the strong economy — which in turn creates a seller’s market — for making their job more challenging. One trend clearly in their sights — and validated by a report by Tourism Economics published on Jan. According to Tourism Economics’ “U.S.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

In April, the Glasgow Convention Bureau became the first DMO to join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. One industry that both contributes to global warming and suffers from its negative effects is tourism. Tourism has historically looked too far ahead and discussed climate neutrality in 2050,” Smith said. “If On the Program.

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Adjusting Strategies to Changing Business Models

PCMA Convene

ESTRO social media) The pandemic has upended destinations’ view of business events as some kind of “subsidiary of tourism,” U.K.-based ESTRO has been used to telling “the story of how destinations can market strategically around SDGs and attract associations with a matching cause to the drivers of development of the city/region.

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New Study Spotlights How Socio-Political Changes in Europe Impact Events

PCMA Convene

To focus your marketing on being a ‘lower cost’ destination is unlikely to be as effective,” the white paper reads, since, when it came to decision making, budget was not one of the first three factors considered by planners that were interviewed. “To meeting buyers and sellers in different industries.

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What Does It Take to Land a Spot on the ‘Best Small City’ List?

PCMA Convene

For the rankings, the 10-year-old firm, which specializes in tourism, real estate, and economic development, collects a wealth of public data on big and small U.S. When we do economic-development and tourism strategies we do look at additional factors such as that. has hired the DMO Travel Portland to do their marketing.

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Finding the Perfect Event Space

International Institute of Event Management

They can even assist with transportation & travel, marketing & promotions, entertainment, and much more. . Tourist & Visitor Websites: Most large cities will have tourism websites that will have information that will help attract event planners such as yourself. For a complete list of state websites, click here: [link].

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

SmartMeetings

CMP International Standards, for example, are updated every five years to cover the latest in strategic planning, project management, risk management, financial management, human resources, stakeholder management, meeting/event design, site management and marketing. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism Management in 2019.