On the issues of event sustainability, disaster contingencies, diversity, and event marketing, PCMA acts boldly to build deeper learning opportunities for planners and suppliers.
When one association learned that several vendors had raised their prices just weeks ahead of its conference, the planning team quickly reshaped some event elements to stay on budget.
A separate building from the center’s original Arch building, the new Summit is a multi-story venue with cutting-edge architectural and sustainability features.
Conducted days ahead of your annual event, a brief, well-crafted online session lets attendees hit the ground running the moment they arrive on site. Here’s an example from the Professional Convention Management Association.
In his mid-twenties, Tomell Harbison of Talley Management Group taps into the mindset of fellow young professionals to create association events that appeal to everyone.
Workers in Orlando and Las Vegas are setting the pace for fellow union members in three other cities, authorizing a strike in Orlando while setting a date for a strike vote in Las Vegas.
Refurbishment of 140 meeting rooms and prefunction/public spaces is in the works, while two new ballrooms are on the drawing board—and a headquarters hotel is back in the conversation.
An inside look at what executives such as CFOs are thinking when a staffer comes into their office and asks, “May I attend this industry event?”
A new research report puts numbers to the most important environmental impacts of the exhibition industry, and also recommends ways for show organizers to reduce those impacts.