Andrea Doyle

As scientific groups cancel or relocate their conferences, the U.S. is losing ground as a host for academic exchange, along with the economic impact that comes with it.

Event professionals are moving beyond traditional scheduling and focusing on energy management to design experiences that support how people process and retain information.

InCyber Forum’s postponement shows how political volatility is driving global conferences to rethink U.S. expansion plans.

Canadians balked at attending the NASSS’s conference in Seattle. The fix: add one in Vancouver as well as a virtual option. 

With the aim of transforming the standard 48-hour meetings business turnaround into real-time responses, Accor is partnering with MeetingPackage to automate group bookings and meeting space reservations.

Event organizers can’t control global crises, but they can control their contracts, which are now a critical first line of defense.

The long-awaited Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center has officially opened. It's a high-stakes investment in California’s competitive meetings market amid economic uncertainty.

The U.S.–China tariff rollback is welcome news for the industry, but it doesn’t erase uncertainty.

As cancellations mount and commissions disappear, planners are calling for hotels to share the burden and rethink outdated contracts. 

The rising cost of meetings is prompting planners to reconsider where they hold them. Lower hotel rates and reduced service fees in smaller cities are shifting the conversation away from traditional tier-one destinations.