As the industry grapples with filling open positions and scrambles to understand and welcome the next generation of employees, there is a lot of discussion—and action—from the CVB world about how to keep the workforce pipeline flowing.
MPI’s World Education Congress took place in Mexico for the first time June 13-15, 2023, as the association continues to expand globally and deliver education and support to meeting professionals.
IACC is seeking to expand its membership base by updating and relaunching its Global Standards of Brilliance criteria in an effort to attract small and medium-sized business and events venues into its fold.
Event Service Professionals Association published a free downloadable guide, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, a Guide for Event Service Professionals, that provides actionable insights for meetings professionals to help ensure DEI at their events.
Direct spending on travel in the U.S. in 2022 was on par with pre-pandemic numbers, but inflation had a major impact, according to new data released by the U.S. Travel Association to coincide with the travel industry’s annual Destination Capitol Hill trip to Congress to meet with federal policymakers.
Meetings industry veteran leader David DuBois, president and CEO of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, announced he will retire effective December 31, 2023, after a tenure of 11 years at the association.
Meetings Today touched base with Cooper at IACC's Americas Knowledge Exchange, its renamed annual conference that seeks to strengthen both the bonds of knowledge and integrate an influx of new leaders into the world of that thoroughbred meeting facility, conference centers.
MPI named Rachel Benedick its chief revenue officer and executive vice president of the MPI Foundation, replacing Annette Greg, who left the association to take the job of CEO of SITE in October 2022.
Wordly, a leading provider of AI-powered real-time live translation for meetings and events, launched Wordly 3.0, which adds natural-sounding voices and other translation features to its popular platform that has been used at major meetings industry conferences such as IMEX America and MPI WEC.
Celebration filled the air at SITE Global Conference 2023 in New York, where the global incentive travel association met to fete its 50th anniversary in the city where it all began.
