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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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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. and those that travel to international markets. Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7

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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. million can be explained by the decrease in numbers of this type of meetings as conventional physical events. Hybrid meetings flourish.

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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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ASAE Offers Sneak Peek at Xperience Design Project

SmartMeetings

More than 80 association meeting, marketing, programming, and technology professionals, including industry partners, were brought together to test and fine tune the new format. Marketing and Technology: Reggie Aggarwal, CEO and founder of Cvent. Content Strategy and Learning Design: Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly.

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10 Things to Do While in Sacramento for CalSAE

SmartMeetings

Are you one of the more than 1,000 association meeting professionals attending the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) Holiday Spectacular at Sacramento Convention Center this week? You can even go online to meet the farmer providing the eggs, tomatoes and lamb shanks that will end up on your plate.