Barbara Scofidio

These 16 influential industry leaders — who shape strategy for the world’s largest meetings and events — will advise the Skift Meetings team for a one-year term.

The year’s biggest news stories were dominated by the impact of the new Trump administration, but there were plenty of other topics in our Top 10 Articles of the Year. 

A decade of consolidation has resulted in a handful of DMC networks and mega-firms that make up the majority of the industry. Here’s a rundown of eight of the biggest in the business and what they have to offer.

There are many variables, from inaccessible walking paths to long queue lines, that can make excursions tricky for your attendees with mobility issues.

A turbulent year for U.S.-Canada relations has seen Canadian cities come out ahead as conferences move north.

As human trafficking advocacy leader, Sandy Biback steps down from her role at MPAHT, the number of victims is more than the entire population of her home country of Canada.

Today’s multi-ethnic, multi-generational workforce requires you to rethink the traditional Christmas party to make sure that everyone feels welcome.

Planners grapple with the reasons why many attendees don’t honor their RSVPs — and try to keep it from happening again.  

Building attendees’ commitment to your event and educating them on the implications of canceling feeds their “meeting-decline guilt” and keeps them from canceling.

Contracts are a planner’s first line of defense against extra costs on everything from rates to labor — and those annoying hidden fees.