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The Live Events Industry Needs Your Voice: Support a NAICS Code Revision

Smart Meetings

The live events industry has faced monumental challenges over the past few years, but one critical issue has persisted for decades: the absence of a dedicated designation for our industry within the federal NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code. What Is the Live Events Industry?

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Key Takeaways from MPI Northern California ACE 2025

Smart Meetings

. #1 2028 is Poised to Spur a Significant Market Shift With the demand for meeting space continuing to soar, event planners are increasingly feeling the pressure to lock in venues ASAP. With fewer daycare services available, many of the remaining providers are priced beyond affordability for hospitality employees.

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Why Planners Choose the Pennsylvania Convention Center

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Add in a multimillion-dollar investment in cutting-edge technology, customer service training, and progressive exhibitor policies, and its easy to see why the Center continues to attract some of the industrys most significant events to Philadelphia. Start planning your next event at discoverPHL.com.

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Compass Scotland partners with leading Scottish Chef

Prestige Events Magazine

They’ve got a fantastic team of people who are really committed to developing the next generation of talent, and have a serious passion for food and hospitality. I’m very much looking forward to continuing my relationship with Compass Scotland, helping to develop the next generation of Scottish hospitality talent.”

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Celebrate World Tourism Day

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The industry can anticipate the need for investment in education and skills as their workforce looks towards welcoming millions of graduates and adding 800,000 jobs requiring vocational training by 2030. trillion investment opportunity in the green buildings sector by 2030. They can also look to investing in sustainable infrastructure.

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Hospitality group led by former Dragons’ Den investor commits to Net Zero

Prestige Events Magazine

Nightcap PLC , the leading, award-winning hospitality group led by industry entrepreneur and ex-Dragons’ Den investor Sarah Willingham is the latest member to join Zero Carbon Forum , the ambitious non-profit organisation dedicated to significantly reducing emissions and achieving net zero in hospitality and brewing.

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The Survey Says: Meetings and Events are Thriving and Evolving

Smart Meetings

Accor Survey: “Meeting Expectations: The Future of Meetings & Events” World-leading hospitality group Accor operates a diverse hospitality group of over 40 hotel brands, from luxury to economy. billion by 2030.” 78% agreeing that attendance at these events is important for their industry.

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