Convene, a growing network of meeting, event and conference venues, released its Global Meetings Research Report that aims to showcase “What Meeting and Event Planners Want in 2017.” Convene caters heavily to the corporate meetings market and reported that "corporate planners" made up 82% of the survey respondents.
Some key takeaways from the survey include:
- Event planners surveyed by Convene hosted most of their events in New York City, followed by Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Chicago.
- Other national and international hubs where those surveyed typically host events include Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Switzerland, Chile, Barcelona, Shanghai, Toronto, Singapore and Hong Kong.
- 34% of respondents said that “bespoke is best” and prefer working with general purpose venues that allow planners to work with preferred vendors or coordinate specific event details on their own.
- 17% of planners believe venues don’t provide enough staff to support their events.
For more details on these and other survey results check out Convene’s full report.
