Association Conventions and Expos

Celebrating individuals whose initiative and innovation are moving their organizations and the meetings industry forward

Today’s airfares are blowing meeting budgets out of the water—but that’s just one cost creating inflationary headaches.

The vice president of the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance is focused on lobbying Congress on issues that will benefit the meetings industry. Here are his priorities.

Changemaker Leslie Jones, American Occupational Therapy Association, met the uncertainty of the pandemic with improvements to the group’s biggest events. Here’s how she did it.

ALHI’s Mike Dominguez turned his pandemic-communications pivot into a community.

These techniques ensure that both in-person and virtual audiences give more to a session, so they can get more from the session.

At its July convention, the association for destination marketing organizations will dedicate significant time to finding solutions for a problem that extends well beyond its industry: the rise in urban crime and its impact on public safety.