In This Issue
November 2024
Meet the 2024 Catalyst Awards winners, those supplier partners who keep pushing the industry forward. We also take a deep dive into the loneliness epidemic and how meetings can be a cure, go beyond the boardroom and into immersive experiences and look at how CSR activities make a real-world impact. Join us as we learn more about these award winners and their plans for the future, explore these important topics and take a trip to several destinations throughout the United States, such as Kauai, Hawaii; Calgary, Canada; Anchorage, Alaska; and more.
Features
November 21, 2024
StrategyAlone in the Crowd? It Doesn’t Have to be That Way
In a world where loneliness is becoming an epidemic, the meetings and events industry faces the challenge of fostering real connection among attendees.
November 1, 2024
Catalyst Awards2024 Catalyst Award Winners
The Catalyst Awards celebrates the exceptionalism of supplier-partners who advance the industry, their communities and meetings that come into their gravitational pull.
In Every Issue
December 30, 2024
Reports & SurveysTransformative Effects: Global Business Events Industry Outlook
What impact does a $1.6-trillion industry have on the wider world? The effects are catalytic. Global business events are drivers of meaningful change. The 2023 Global Economic Significance of Business…
December 10, 2024
TechnologySmart Tech: Event Tech at IMEX America 2024
At IMEX America 2024, there was much technology being showcased on the IMEX floor, and, as you might imagine, lots of talk about AI.
November 19, 2024
Food and BeverageEssential F&B: Listen Up!
Every meeting prof knows the success of a program starts at breakfast. A newly published study reinforces the efficacy of diet to enhance cognition.
Notes from the Road
November 25, 2024
Hotels & DestinationsNotes from the Road: Anchorage, Alaska
Smart Meetings West Regional salesperson Scott Flanagan spent five days in Anchorage. After visiting the city's top venues and exploring several of its attractions, Flanagan is now an expert on…
November 21, 2024
Hotels & DestinationsFlorida: An Intersection of Meetings and Coastal Contact
Meeting professionals and their attendees can take their pick of beachfront hotels, marine-based excursions and—being surrounded by two large bodies of water—you know the seafood must be out of this…
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