Articles tagged “data”

Lisbon's success story as a leisure destination is now also reflected in the latest ICCA association meeting rankings.

As costs rise, meetings that keep attendees engaged beyond the opening and closing sessions are the ones most likely to win executive buy-in.

Data, facts, and figures from across the industry reflect a challenging landscape for 2026 — with some bright spots.

Managing rooming lists is the "most hated job in hotels" because much of the manual workflow involved hasn't meaningfully changed in years. Hivr and Radisson are using AI to go after a problem most others have ignored.

The event tech market is shrinking even as its capabilities expand, with every AI integration raising the bar for what planners expect out of the tools.

One major investment stole the spotlight, but most event tech companies are focused on partnerships, integrations, and — of course — AI upgrades.

Germany's long history of trade shows just got beat by France, and India's crashing the party with less than 7 million square feet. Tradition and venue size alone won’t cut it, and a new ranking framework shows why.

Event teams don’t lose budget because leaders hate events. They lose budget because “success” gets framed as vanity metrics that can’t survive a CFO’s follow-up question.

The M&I 15 reflects a sector remade by consolidation — and stress-tested by the Covid pandemic. As mergers and rebrands compressed the field, capabilities have increasingly converged, leaving differentiation to come from corporate structure, service model, and where each firm chooses to specialize. Scale remains the entry ticket, but the gaps in focus are real enough to make buyers look twice at who they’re partnering with.

It’s a new year, but many players in the event tech sector are taking one of two familiar approaches: buy a competitor to gain customers or repackage the product with a heavy dose of 'AI-driven' automation.