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Scottish cities account for 24% of all major association meetings in the UK

Event Industry News

Scotland is bucking the trend with the number of major association events held in 2018 up 5% from 2017, despite the UK dropping two places in the latest ICCA Country and City Statistics report for total number of international association meetings. Where ideas become legend”.

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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

SmartMeetings

For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? Is 2017 a buyer’s or a seller’s market for hotel supply growth? Meeting planners do, too.

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

In a nutshell, I think that our industry associations have become too focused on justifying their continued existence financially, and are neglecting their core mission of supporting and representing their members and association meeting attendees. In the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.)

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BMA House – modern events with heritage

Event Industry News

Whether it’s a conference , social event or wedding, they have a true history of hospitality. Home to the British Medical Association since 1925, their venue now boasts 22 unique and versatile spaces for up to 320, including 11 purpose-built meeting rooms, all fitted with cutting edge AV technology.

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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. Similarly, the chief indicators of the business-events industry continued to reflect a healthy economic environment, with mostly positive increases. 2017 attendance vs. 2016 attendance — +3.6 percent vs. +4.6

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ASAE Gambles on a Bold Pricing Model

PCMA Convene

When ASAE President & CEO John Graham, FASAE, CAE, announced a bold, new registration-payment model for next year’s Experience Design Project (XDP) event during the Opening General Session of ASAE’s Annual Meeting in Chicago this past Sunday, the audience of around 6,000 attendees erupted in applause.

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German meetings & events sector continues to grow

Event Industry News

The results of the “Meeting- & EventBarometer 2017/2018” reveal the importance of digitisation and internationalisation for the German meetings, conference and events sector. Growth in participants confirms the importance of events. in the total number of events to 2.97 of all events they work on.