2016 Association Meetings Conference 
PCMA Convene
MAY 31, 2016
percent, meeting professionals received a higher-percent raise than the overall national average — the nonprofit human-resources association WorldatWork estimates that the 2016 budget for raises for the U.S. According to our survey results this year, the overall average salary for meeting professionals is $80,505.
PCMA Convene
JULY 20, 2018
Late last year, the association launched its own small and more targeted conference for its medical and scientific community by working closely with its members — and with its host destination to leverage its knowledge assets. The post How to Hold a Successful Spin-Off Conference appeared first on PCMA Convene.
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PCMA Convene
AUGUST 22, 2018
ASAE sunsetted its 40-year-long Springtime Expo in 2016 to make way for the new XDP, which launched in 2017. Before the event, Graham had described XDP as “a game-changer for the association meeting industry.” Registration fees for Springtime, Graham said at the press conference, had been less than $100.
SmartMeetings
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
According to the 2016 Center for Exhibition Industry Research Index Report, trade shows will sustain a yearly 3 percent growth for the next few years. Internet use on mobile devices went from 40 percent in 2012 to 68 percent in 2016, and is predicted to hit 75 percent in 2017, reports Zenith of the French ad agency Publicis Groupe SA.
SmartMeetings
JULY 17, 2017
According to the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2016 rankings, the number- one city for international association meetings is Paris. The Athlete Village will be on the UCLA campus, which has several venues for meetings. The Luskin Conference Center is the university’s newest event space.
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. percent in the 2016 survey. 2017 attendance vs. 2016 attendance — +3.6 percent in the 2016 survey. percent compared to +4.9
Event Industry News
MAY 9, 2018
The results of the “Meeting- & EventBarometer 2017/2018” reveal the importance of digitisation and internationalisation for the German meetings, conference and events sector. Attending meetings and conferences also plays an important role for the 2.2 Hybrid meetings flourish. of all events they work on.
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