PCMA, CEMA, and Marriott International collaborated to create “Guiding Principles in Experience Design,” a framework for building a sense of belonging, stronger connections, and deeper learning among attendees.
A significant percentage of meeting professionals say the NAACP’s advisory will be a factor in site selection.
A marketing expert says that building community among online attendees is key—and it doesn’t have to involve what’s happening on site at that moment.
A trip that will take just over two hours brings new possibilities for increasing meeting attendance in both cities—and for offering more pre- and post-event opportunities.
Cvent debuts a content-producing tool for various planner tasks, while Gevme and PCMA launch a research project to test which other tasks artificial intelligence could do well for planners.
Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024.
With office-occupancy rates below 60 percent in many cities, there are fewer dining, entertainment, and other service options than before Covid. Should planners add this factor to their site-selection research?
Upset that a Philadelphia property is hosting the far-right Moms for Liberty conference, three Pennsylvania legislators took up their concerns with the hotel’s GM. Here’s what happened and what meeting pros can learn from it.