How Major Events Come Alive in Philadelphia

Powered by major bookings such as the 40th edition of WrestleMania, the most successful live event in the brand’s history, and the Alzheimer's

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Top 10 Questions Planners Should Ask Their AV Company

Event planning involves a myriad of tasks, from managing logistics to ensuring every detail aligns perfectly. But one of the most nerve-wracking

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Top Takeaways and Planner Insights From the 2025 Meetings Today Trends Survey

What's on the minds of your meeting and event planner colleagues? Our annual Meetings Today Trends Survey reveals all!We took a different tack this

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How to Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet (Planner's Version)

Season 6, Episode 1 Guest: Ksenija Polla, Director, International Development, Talley Management GroupKsenija

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Need-to-Know 2025 Corporate Event Trends

To say the corporate events industry is dynamic is… a massive understatement. Its ever-changing, no-two-days-are-the-same nature could be what

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PCMA Announces 2025 Visionary Awards Finalists

During its annual Convening Leaders event in Houston, PCMA announced the finalists for its 2025 Visionary Awards Lifetime Achievement Honorees and

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Monterey's Foray: Explorations in Cuisine

One chef making waves in

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Las Vegas Forecast: Diversification Continues to Draw Bigger Visitor Spend

Kicking off the January 2025 edition of Preview Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Chamber’s annual economic forecasting event, Jeremy Aguero, principal at Las

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New Destinations International Courses Promote Supplier-Planner Collaboration

Before the end of the year, Destinations International (DI) will launch a new online certificate program for destination organization sales and

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Navigating 2025: Trends Transforming Events and Hospitality

Join us for Cvent's highly anticipated annual webinar as we reveal the transformative trends that will shape the event and hospitality landscape in

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Using AI to Plan, Expand and Measure Your Events

By 2025, AI applications will be an essential tool on every event planner's desktop. From advanced search capabilities beyond traditional engines to

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Vastly Different Travel Industry Takes on the New Administration

It seems most everyone has an

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Back-to-Back Meetings Making You Stressed? Here’s How to Fix It.

In 2016, when I was a sophomore in high school, I took an economics class over the summer. The class was offered in what was, at that point, a

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Must-Have Contract Clauses: Leave Nothing On The Table

In the high-stakes world of meeting planning, a watertight contract can make the difference between a seamless experience and a legal nightmare.

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Social Sustainability: The Next Wave of Diversity & Inclusion

Social sustainability is at the heart of impactful and inclusive event design, offering opportunities to advance global priorities such as reduced

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Wellness in Every Way

The world of wellness encompasses far more than eating your vegetables and aiming to hit 10,0000 steps a day. Wellness is understanding and

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5 Meetings Industry Organizations Collecting Donations for L.A. Wildfires

The Santa Ana winds have slowed and weather conditions have improved across the Greater Los Angeles area, helping crews of some 8,500 firefighters as

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Final Numbers and Top Shots From the 2025 PCMA Convening Leaders Conference

PCMA's 2025 Convening Leaders event took place January 12-15 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, where 3,800 meeting and event

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Explore St. Louis Appoints Brad Dean as New President and CEO

The Board of Commissioners for Explore St. Louis has selected Brad Dean, the current president and CEO of Discover Puerto Rico, to lead the

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Meetings Industry Leaders Discuss State of DEI During PCMA Panel Discussion

While DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, is under attack both at a legislative level as well as in corporate America, four meetings industry

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