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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

In fact, most saw continued stability and growth for their events — and many also blamed the strong economy — which in turn creates a seller’s market — for making their job more challenging. One trend clearly in their sights — and validated by a report by Tourism Economics published on Jan. According to Tourism Economics’ “U.S.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

In April, the Glasgow Convention Bureau became the first DMO to join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. One industry that both contributes to global warming and suffers from its negative effects is tourism. Tourism has historically looked too far ahead and discussed climate neutrality in 2050,” Smith said. “If On the Program.

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New Study Spotlights How Socio-Political Changes in Europe Impact Events

PCMA Convene

To focus your marketing on being a ‘lower cost’ destination is unlikely to be as effective,” the white paper reads, since, when it came to decision making, budget was not one of the first three factors considered by planners that were interviewed. “To meeting buyers and sellers in different industries.

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Adjusting Strategies to Changing Business Models

PCMA Convene

ESTRO social media) The pandemic has upended destinations’ view of business events as some kind of “subsidiary of tourism,” U.K.-based ESTRO has been used to telling “the story of how destinations can market strategically around SDGs and attract associations with a matching cause to the drivers of development of the city/region.

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Southern California Trailblazing Women Speak Out

Smart Meetings

Through the bleak financial hemorrhage, I saw the silver lining, and my very own site selection company came to be. The ultimate give-back is my passionate dedication to servicing my clients, who place their trust in me to find the best home for their programs—no mean feat in a market that has been a seller space for the longest time.

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What Does It Take to Land a Spot on the ‘Best Small City’ List?

PCMA Convene

For the rankings, the 10-year-old firm, which specializes in tourism, real estate, and economic development, collects a wealth of public data on big and small U.S. When we do economic-development and tourism strategies we do look at additional factors such as that. has hired the DMO Travel Portland to do their marketing.

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3 Things That Keep Event Planners Awake at Night

PCMA Convene

Development Counsellors International (DCI) has published an insights report — “ A View From Meeting Planners: Winning Strategies in Destination Marketing ” — whose planner responses mesh with those of Convene’ s survey takers. Spoiler alert: Visit Orlando and San Diego Tourism Authority came out on top in the U.S.,