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The Next Big Thing in Conference and Corporate Event Technology

Coterie Spark

What if bringing the next big thing in conference and corporate meeting technology to your event wouldn’t add to your budget? The next change on the horizon for conference and meeting technology, isn’t actually technological at all. How this ties in to your corporate meeting or event.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. In November, the economic recovery since the 2007–2009 recession was in its eighth year, and “showing little signs of fatigue,” according to Reuters. million in 2007 to $6.6 TOP OUTSOURCED ITEM, 2007–2017.

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Rethinking How You Work With Procurement

PCMA Convene

Are events and procurement seeing eye to eye in a way that wasn’t possible in, say, 2007? McDonald’s Corporation has been undergoing a major restructuring since 2015. “A We had one client whose procurement department planned a conference, and we handled everything for them,” Owen said. “I LEAN AND (NOT SO) MEAN.

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Grass Roots Meetings Industry Report wins Business Travel Journalism Award

Event Industry News

Originally published in 2007 the MIR is a compendium of industry trends, data and venue information. “I am delighted that the MIR should be recognised in this way” he said. “It It was a real team effort and I would like to thank Grass Roots for recognising the value of thought leadership in this sector.”. The 2018 edition is the sixth.

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Convene’s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

recession hit December 2007, through post-recession (mid-2009), to the recovery. Remarkably, some metrics in 15 key areas have held steady during the past decade — for example, meetings and conventions have consistently contributed to around one-third of their organizations’ total annual revenues — regardless of the economy.

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