A new insurance product allows organizations to choose which costs and revenue streams are covered, and under which disruptive circumstances. The choices are wider than ever, but some circumstances remain uninsurable.

Recent industry data finds a sizable increase in convention-center bookings for 2023, which should offset reduced transient business travel and keep urban hotel rates frothy.

A recently formed but powerful industry group will push state and federal lawmakers to implement policy ideas designed to benefit the meeting and trade show industry. Here are the group’s policy aims.

Making the case for prioritizing experience design, elevating interaction with creative formats, and attending a new MeetingsNet collaborative event.

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.

Steeper F&B and AV costs? Absolutely. Timely responses from hotels? Not often. Free meeting space? Fat chance. These issues and others are addressed in an industry outlook from Knowland and Conference Direct.

If ever there was a potential force-majeure situation that meeting planners had not thought about, this is it.

Meals at corporate events need to satisfy on taste, presentation, and mental nourishment. Here are a few interesting ideas from a boutique F&B consultancy.

A new report outlines several ways planners can package content before, during, and after a meeting to ensure that the learning sticks.