Regular attendees are the “bread and butter” of any convention. Their consistent participation keeps attendance numbers where they need to be each year. But each one of these familiar faces was once a new face — a first-time attendee.

As the country continues to open up and meetings and events of all sizes resume, CVBs are showcasing the work they’ve done over the last several months, and what meetings and events planners and attendees can look forward to when they visit again.

Associations help attendees feel more physically and mentally fit by adding dedicated health and wellness programming to their agendas

We asked four experts how they see sponsorship challenges today, how they think the situation will evolve and what creative strategies they’ve employed to negotiate successful sponsorships in a pandemic.

As long as an event involves valuable electronic data — whether on organizers’ devices or attendees’ — it is a potential target of cybercriminals.

If a meeting planner doesn’t take steps to deal with stress, it eventually can catch up to them and cause serious mental, personal or health problems.

When planners design meetings with families in mind, it’s vital that they think about what’s available in the area for everyone to do.

There are key steps that meeting planners can take to make SMERF meetings during this time of uncertainty successful.

At MPI WEC 2021, Publisher Harvey Grotsky spoke with Michael Massari about the status of Caesars Entertainment and the industry in the wake of the pandemic.

Beyond the basics of water and energy savings, and “reduction and reuse” of materials, sustainability has grown to include social considerations and “thriving economic practices,” among four core components outlined by the Events Industry Council in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.