2025 is shaping up to be a transformative year for the corporate events industry. With technology advancing rapidly, sustainability becoming a priority, and

Planners are looking ahead with optimism as rising costs are expected to moderate in the coming year.

Meetings drive business goals. The key is knowing how to plan them effectively. Learn everything from trends to strategies from Amex GBT’s top meetings leader.

Meeting planners seek to create personalized, high-impact experiences while balancing budget constraints and sustainability goals.

Since it launched in 2012, the C2 Montréal conference — conceived by creative agency Sid Lee in partnership with Cirque du Soleil — has set a high bar for daringly different session formats, environments, and approaches to connecting diverse participants. How has that evolved?

Meeting planners are still facing rising expenses and looking for creative ways to address them, according to a new report.

The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance debuted the ECA Advocacy Network, allowing organizers to more easily promote the benefits of their meetings and trade shows to public officials.

Amex GBT has bet on a blend of tech and services for business travel, says Evan Konwiser, chief marketing and strategy officer.

Love them or hate them (or tolerate them), icebreakers are an integral part of networking during business events.

A new white paper from the Global Destination Sustainability Index identified four building blocks from growing the organizations' influence.

Some radical and ripe ideas to reinvigorate the events industry — and why it is slow to evolve.

The rebound in business travel is real, but in surveys, companies still say they're worried about higher prices.

A meeting boom is in full swing. Meetings are taking up 31.1% more space and have increased in attendance by 25% compared to last year.

The events industry is ever-changing. Discover the trends and technology that will shape 2025 in this article.

Companies are leaning heavily on “just-in-time” talent, hired for tasks like sourcing, registration, site inspections and hotel contracting.

The Amex GBT 2025 Global Meetings and Events Forecast is a must-read, delivering trends, insights, and an action plan. Get up to speed.

According to the 2025 Global Business Travel Forecast, published by business travel and meetings company CWT and the Global Business Travel Association Taking last year’s budget and adding an inflation adjustment will no longer cut it given today’s economy.

Your rivals aren’t just other associations. More for-profit and online resources are chasing your members’ dollars.

Top partners for designing and executing meetings, conventions, incentives, and other corporate events

Some attendees of the Democratic National Convention had to deal with a stomach-turning protest incident that could be copied by activists at other association and corporate meetings.

We asked event professionals to open up to us about the deeply ingrained ways in which the industry does business that need rethinking — and to consider: If we eliminate those sacred cows, what should we do instead?

The Incentive Research Foundation's new studies reveal the potential benefits artificial intelligence can bring to the industry.

The U.S. economy added significantly less jobs than expected in July, making a September interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve even more likely.

A survey of life-science executives finds trade-show participation has moved front and center in their marketing plans and budgets—a sure topic of discussion at August’s HCEA convention.

To be invested in event planning means that you are not only focused on popularizing your brand, but more significantly, providing value for your guests.