Held August 5-8 in Atlanta, the event gave its 2,700 attendees interesting speakers (like Daymond John from TV's Shark Tank) plus memorable experiences. Here are scenes from the show.
With leisure travel strong and transient business travel well below pre-pandemic levels, the number of flights into and out of some big cities are being cut.
Natasha Richards and a new Impact business unit will oversee environmental, social, and governance strategy at IMEX Group, parent company to two leading trade shows in the business-events industry.
Freeman strengthens its corporate presence with an agency pick-up; EventMobi buys a virtual-events platform to boost its hybrid-meeting abilities; and Hopin sells its core products to a videoconferencing competitor.
Executives from GBTA’s Meetings & Events Europe Committee weigh in on top meeting trends that, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse, just won’t quit.
Freight carrier Yellow Corp. is shutting down its large operation as early as next week. Coupled with rising gas prices, this could mean notably higher shipping costs for event organizers and exhibitors.
Room blocks at Radisson, Cambria, Comfort Inns & Suites, Clarion, and Quality Inn properties will soon be bookable without RFPs, aiding corporate-event planners and perhaps association-convention planners.
The union representing 340,000 UPS workers is threatening a strike when its contract expires on July 31, risking delays and higher costs for event organizers, exhibitors, and others who must ship materials to host properties.
