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Association Meetings Up, Attendees Down

SmartMeetings

There were more international association meetings than ever last year, but on average the meetings had fewer participants, reports the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Over the same time period, the number of meetings per year has doubled, from just under 6,000 to more than 12,000 in 2016.

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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? For the meeting planning industry, smartphones provide an easy way to keep clients engaged and deliver content.

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Solving for Pricing, Sponsorships, and Skills Challenges When Going Digital

PCMA Convene

Joe Colangelo, CEO and cofounder of Arlington, Virginia–based Bear Analytics , a consulting and tech firm for associations and events, said that associations realize that they must pivot faster. If they have a live meeting planned in 2020, Colangelo said, they see that they must take it down — like a house, brick by brick.

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Is the Rise of Alternative Communities a Threat to Meetings Industry Associations?

EventMB

Skift Take: With a Barefoot Business yacht cruise in Croatia and its own Slack channel, Club Ichi might just be the sexiest group to ever hit the meetings industry. But is it – and are other communities like it – a threat to industry associations? Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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How—and Where—to Pair Wine and Business in California

Smart Meetings

The region has since become synonymous with world-class vintages, and an entire lifestyle—and associated meeting spaces—have grown to support the $57.6 Often referred to as the wine country, Napa and Sonoma counties were made famous by besting the French in a 1976 blind tasting. billion statewide industry.

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LA vs. Paris: Which Olympic City Wins for Meetings?

SmartMeetings

According to the International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2016 rankings, the number- one city for international association meetings is Paris. The official languages of the Olympic movement are English and French. Other considerations: Los Angeles.

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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Who Responded?

PCMA Convene

Each year, meeting planners who are members of PCMA and an additional group of Convene meeting planner subscribers receive an extensive Meetings Market Survey, which requests proprietary information and budget projections for their organizations. Six percent were vice presidents, and 7 percent were CEOs.