Association Conventions and Expos

How one association managed to drive revenue in 2020 without a virtual annual convention, then built a simulated-reality trade-show floor for 2021.

ICCA’s annual statistics study provides specifics on event postponements and revenue losses, while finding good news on attendance gains with virtual events and more.

The West Side convention venue has a lot more space for meetings, special events, and getting outdoors.

Events Industry Council, the consortium of events-industry associations, is among the organizations helping to bring planners to Las Vegas this fall.

Meeting Professionals International sees more than 1,200 on-site attendees at its World Education Congress, the first large-scale event held at the new Caesars Forum. Here are the hot topics that were discussed.

With a new white paper from The Ohio State University and a business-travel forecast from Tourism Economics, U.S. Travel aims to help meetings bounce back faster.

If you’re worried that your hotel won’t deliver on its promises, consider this contract strategy that leverages the attendees’ service experience.

Michelle Mason, a veteran of the Chicagoland association community, will take the helm at the trade group for associations.

After four months as Orlando’s chief convention and trade-show executive, Casandra Matej discusses group demand, changes to room blocks, hospitality-labor challenges, and other issues as F2F events resume.

The mayor seeks to subsidize space-rental costs at the Moscone Center, and one of the city’s signature mega-events is back—with vaccinations mandatory.