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The newly released 2025 CWT-GBTA Global Business Travel Forecast puts the average daily cost per attendee at $169 in 2025 – a massive jump from $88 in 2021.

Donald Trump returns to the White House today for his second term. Based on his previous administration’s policies, here are a few ways planners could be impacted.

With a Barefoot Business yacht cruise in Croatia and its own Slack channel, Club Ichi might just be the sexiest group to ever hit the meetings industry. But is it – and are other communities like it – a threat to industry associations?

Addressing challenges from surging costs to untapped career progression, here’s how planners are future-proofing their strategies.

Business events injected an estimated $216 million into Sydney in the last year. With business events flourishing, the CEO of Business Events Sydney saw this as the opportune time to step down.

A recent Cvent webinar revealed top trends for meetings, including choosing booking patterns that allow attendees to extend over a weekend and warm-weather destinations so they can be outdoors.

Want an events team comprised of the most brilliant players in the area? So does everyone else. Vendors can make or break your event. Let’s turn things around and build partnerships that actually work for both of you.

Destination Canada is reaping the benefits of its $50 million investment fund focused on attracting international associations. 

With the transformation of events into experiences, planners say that independent hotels offer distinct advantages, such as flexibility, creativity and authenticity.

Following a series of recent acquisitions of exhibition organizers, Clarion Events could be the largest if the right buyer comes along.

Rehumanizing corporate life is the new mission of Google Xi. Its founder, Megan Henshall, is Skift Meeting's first-ever Meetings Innovator.

Caesars is selling Linq Promenade for $275 million to help pay down the casino operator’s debt.