All Seated

JUNE 9, 2021

(Scottsdale, AZ) — The Wedding International Professionals Association (WIPA) and Allseated are pleased to announce a partnership to develop planning resources in preparation for reopening the events industry in a post-pandemic landscape. . It is the pure power of imagining together. More information can be found at [link] or on Facebook.

2008 36

2008 Association Meetings 2021 Education 36

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Moving on to a broader analysis, on the following pages, there are more than a dozen places where we’ve included Annual Meetings Market Survey results from 2007 (published in the 2008 March issue of Convene ) up to present-day results from the survey conducted in late 2017 — a broader overview we started last year. million today.

Marketing 78

Marketing Meetings 2016 2007 78

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

For example, while the average annual convention/meeting budget has held steady at between $1.1 million (with the exception of 2008, when it hit $1.7 Some benchmarking metrics have not changed much in 10 years, but when juxtaposed with other data, inferences can be drawn. million in 2007 to $7 million today.

2015 40

2015 Meetings Marketing 2016 40

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

At more and more conferences, especially those produced by associations and other nonprofit organizations, community-service projects are as expected as exhibit halls and award ceremonies.

2016 40

2016 2014 Conference 2006 40

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As November 2008.

2012 56

2012 Food and Beverage 2013 2009 56