Destination DC's Elliott Ferguson on How the 2024 Election Will Impact Meetings and Events

In this Meetings Today podcast, senior contributor Jeff Heilman speaks with Destination DC President and CEO Elliott Ferguson at IMEX America 2024 in Las Vegas. 

Ferguson has over 20 years of experience at Destination DC, starting his tenure at the organization in 2001 as vice president of convention sales before eventually working his way to President and CEO of the organization in 2009. Ferguson saw DC through the Covid-19 pandemic, tumultuous election year and multiple periods of civil unrest in DC. Now, he's sharing how the election could impact meetings and events, as well as Destination DC's new Connected Campus program for planners, sustainability and more. 

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Jeff Heilman | Senior Contributor

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based independent journalist Jeff Heilman has been a Meetings Today contributor since 2004, including writing our annual Texas and Las Vegas supplements since inception. Jeff is also an accomplished ghostwriter specializing in legal, business and Diversity & Inclusion content.