Association Conventions and Expos

After Chad Foster went blind in college, he learned far more about himself and how to bring positive change to the world. He recently told association executives and event planners how they can achieve those things themselves.

The suburb of Dallas will have a new facility open in Q1 2024 with nearly 1,200 hotel rooms attached.

A quarterly discussion of the impact of generative A.I. on the business travel industry has just launched.

Dale Hudson is exiting IMEX Group at the end of this month with plans to bring her experience to new audiences.

Will they or won’t they pass the federal budget? Government meeting professionals and planners whose attendees include a large number of federal employees will be scrambling if Congress shuts down the government this weekend.

Reduce the maximum attendance by a lot. Eliminate the call for proposals. No, we’re not kidding. One association did those things and it worked.

Overall, trade shows still lag compared to their 2019 editions and a coming recession is possible. But the return of international attendees could bring 2024’s events closer to their pre-Covid performance.

Content, conversation, and feedback are at the heart of today’s meeting marketing essentials.

Currently, it takes well over a year for travelers from India to get a U.S. travel visa. And if your attendees are coming from Mexico, the wait is about two years. New legislation aims to reverse this trend.