Articles tagged “meetings”

What you include in an event justification letter could make the difference between getting and not getting approval to attend a conference.

Your 2025 guide to the meetings industry’s top events. Stay ahead of industry trends, connect with peers, and discover opportunities at the year’s must-attend events and conferences.

Independent planners are looking beyond their industry associations for the resources and connections they need to build their small businesses.

Concerns linger about destination safety, rising costs, audiovisual/tech expenses, and hotel contract inflexibility, according to Future Partners State of the Meetings & Convention Industry research.

The theme of this week’s FICP Conference in Denver was ’Elevate,’ as the association raised the bar on its annual event.

A recent Cvent webinar revealed top trends for meetings, including choosing booking patterns that allow attendees to extend over a weekend and warm-weather destinations so they can be outdoors.

So few people in the general public understand what meeting planners do. We can’t even decide what to call ourselves. Why does meeting planning have such an identity crisis?

As planners look to track event sustainability, selecting the right venue can go a long way to reducing any meeting's environmental impact.

The message is clear. In-person meetings must provide compelling reasons for participants to travel. Even small meetings need to feel like experiences.

Fresh ideas are essential for keeping attendees truly engaged. What so-called "rules" are made to be broken? Here are five meeting myths that may be holding back your full creative potential.