Meetings and Events Industry News

These two event production firms are consolidating to offer integrated design, engineering, and fabrication services under one roof. 

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 deepening talent and knowledge gap is widely viewed as one of the events industry’s most existential challenges. Intentional investment in talent pipelines, mentorship, and alternative workforce models may help.

Putting wellness at the center of an event strategy does more than enhance how attendees feel. Caesars Entertainment’s experience across its 50-plus properties shows that wellness can meaningfully reshape the event environment, boosting engagement, strengthening retention, and fostering deeper connections among participants.

As demographics shift, budgets tighten, and attendee expectations rise, micro events are emerging as a strategic tool for delivering more intentional, outcome-driven experiences.

Coordinating nine venues, three catering firms, and two audiovisual providers is not for the fainthearted, but ICCA went for it anyway. The association showcased a multi-venue event format at its annual meeting in Porto, Portugal, hoping to entice smaller destination member to bid for events that push their capacity limits.

Carrie Davenport isn’t just producing major programs for Altria. She’s also pushing the events industry to confront its own structural gaps through her work with the Association for Women in Events and the Events Industry Sexual Harassment Task Force. 

Cvent’s latest acquisition focuses on extending event content beyond the live experience through branded videos.

All too often, choosing a destination for incentive travel forces meeting planners to prioritize either a busy city or rural country, business or wellness, modern developments or rich cultural experiences. Here’s how planners get to have it all on the island of Ireland.