Meeting Planning Toolbox

The Events Industry Council has announced the 2023 Hall of Leaders inductees and other winners to be honored at its Global Awards Celebration.

The September 12-14 event for more than 40,000 Salesforce customers continued its “national park” theme inside and outside of Moscone Center, while CEO Marc Benioff praised the city’s preparation—but offered no future guarantees.

After a devasting earthquake, is now the time to bring more than 10,000 people to a meeting in Marrakech? The IMF and World Bank are working with Morocco to make the call.

The David L. Lawrence Convention Center has joined a short list of convention facilities around the country with resources and training aimed at helping attendees with sensory issues.

An early-September convention in Los Angeles might see just a fraction of its 6,000 registered attendees after pressure from the hotel workers’ union failed to persuade the group to cancel the event.

As with recent hotel-labor agreements around the country plus a new contract for UPS workers, fresh contracts for more than 45,000 airline pilots may well affect costs around business events.