Articles tagged “Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance”

As the political landscape shifts, the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance calls on the business events industry to get involved.

It takes a minimum of 849 days to get a visitor visa interview appointment in Mexico City. In Bogota, it’s 640 days. Mumbai, 499 days. These delays have a tangible negative impact on the events industry.

The events industry workforce suffered a serious blow during the pandemic, and is still recovering. Can the passage of new legislation aid in repopulating the industry?

In December, a new paid leave law spearheaded by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was amended with convention goers in mind. The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) was one of the organizations involved in making this happen, and its local focus will continue this year.

An estimated $2.6 billion in losses resulted from sophisticated business impersonation scams in 2022, and the events industry is fighting back.

A looming state tax on exhibitors would have been an enormous blow to Kentucky’s lucrative convention business. Impacted organizations successfully joined together to fight this, and legislators have rescinded the second layer of tax.