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📈 Tariff Turmoil Hits Events Industry: Planners Fear Higher Costs

 
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Tuesday July 15, 2025
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Andrea Doyle
Andrea Doyle
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Industry News

San Francisco Travel Teams Up With Luxury Hotel Group to Attract Meetings

San Francisco Travel is betting on Associated Luxury Hotels International's deep planner relationships to help bring meetings and conventions back to the city. In a competitive market still shadowed by perception challenges, this will not be easy.

 
- Andrea Doyle
Industry News

Tariff Turmoil Hits Events Industry: Planners Fear Higher Costs

President Donald Trump drew a line in the sand on Saturday, threatening 30% tariffs on August 1 on products from Mexico and the EU. Planners say this will only compound the effects tariffs are already having on all aspects of events.

 
- Barbara Scofidio
Incentive Travel

Strategies for Dealing With Attendee Travel Fears

Some incentive winners and their partners are less keen on traveling. A trifecta of anti-DEI sentiment, new government policies, and fear of flying is to blame.

 
- Barbara Scofidio
Wellness

Keeping Cool and Connected: Attendee Wellbeing Strategies for Summer Outdoor Events

Ensure attendee wellbeing at summer outdoor events with tips on heat, hydration, accessibility, and real-time engagement.

 
- Kanchi Jain
Destinations

From VidCon to the Olympics: Anaheim's Bold Vision for the Future of Events

With the largest convention center on the West Coast, Anaheim has always made life easier for meeting planners. Now, the city's grand vision for $10 billion of updates over the next decade will make every program more exciting for attendees.

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"It's chaotic, especially the whiplash of one day to the next and the differing totals and/or start dates."

- Tim Barrett, senior director, global meetings at Destination South in Tariff Turmoil Hits Events Industry: Planners Fear Higher Costs

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Industry Calendar | July 2025

• NACE Experience in Milwaukee, WI | July 27–29

• ASAE Annual in Los Angeles, CA | August 9–12

• IBTM Americas in Mexico City, Mexico | August 20 – 21

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