Tuesday, April 15, 2025

⁉️ Uncertainty Casts a Shadow Over U.S. Meetings Industry

 
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Skift Meetings The Stand-Up
Tuesday April 15, 2025
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Miguel Neves
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Industry News

Uncertainty Casts a Shadow Over U.S. Meetings Industry, Say ELX and U.S. Travel Leaders

Featuring Nicola Kastner, CEO of Event Leaders Exchange (ELX), and Kevin Hinton, managing director, group travel, at U.S. Travel Association, this week's Skift Meetings webinar had one overriding theme — uncertainty.

- Barbara Scofidio
Careers & Personal Development

Tax Time Means Stress for Independent Planners. Here's Some Advice

A tax expert offers some advice for independent planners facing their least-favorite task — filing their taxes.

- Barbara Scofidio
Industry News

Medical Meetings Caught in the Crosshairs of Trump 2.0

Trump administration policies are reverberating throughout the scientific and medical meetings space.

- Andrea Doyle
Event Management

Event Sponsorship: How to Get the Right Sponsors?

Event sponsorship is one of those things that every event professional wants to master, but few truly enjoy.

- Kanchi Jain
Industry News

Political Pressures Shift U.S.-Canada Conference Strategy

As U.S.-Canada tariffs take hold and cross-border meeting attendance dips, one veteran planner is helping associations rethink U.S.-Canada event strategies.

- Andrea Doyle
Incentive Travel

Amway Brings 16,000-Person Incentive Group to Melbourne

For its 30th Birthday Celebration, Amway's 16,000 delegates will use a total of 32,000 room nights, dine in 50 different restaurants, and visit dozens of local attractions throughout the month of April.

- Barbara Scofidio
Industry News

How Tariffs May Redraw the Global Stage

As tariffs upend global trade dynamics, event organizers must quickly pivot toward emerging markets and new trade alliances or risk being left behind.

- Andrea Doyle
Event Technology

Event Tech News Roundup: February–March 2025

The recent wave of event news suggests that the sector is in a period of strategic execution. Companies are tightening their focus, refining core tools, expanding reach, and layering in AI where it makes tangible impact.

- Miguel Neves

"I'm not trying to make this political, but is the U.S. where I want to go spend my personal travel dollars right now? Probably not."

- Nicola Kastner, CEO of Event Leaders Exchange (ELX), in Uncertainty Casts a Shadow Over U.S. Meetings Industry, Say ELX and U.S. Travel Leaders

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