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Incredible Impacts Programme Illustrates the Importance of Designing Intentional Outcomes

  • Published: 16th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Global

Hip replacements in Africa, domestic violence abatement in Mongolia, autism inclusivity, First People’s engagement, public health structural transformation – the wide-ranging case studies highlighted in this Boardroom article have one thing in common: a shift from “recognising” the impact of events, to partnerships between organisers and destinations that proactively plan for positive outcomes and long-term…

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Open Data MICE Germany Meets PCMA’s Destinaitor

  • Published: 16th October 2025

From GCB: PCMA and the German Convention Bureau (GCB) have announced a strategic collaboration bringing together two innovative initiatives – Destinaitor and Open Data MICE Germany – to shape the future of business events intelligence and destination marketing. The partnership aims to enhance global accessibility, foster cross-border collaboration, and position business events as catalysts for…

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11 January 2026

PCMA | Convening Leaders 2026, Philadelphia, PA, USA

For 70 years, PCMA has been more than an association. We have been a conduit for change, a catalyst for innovation, and a community that drives the business events community forward. As we gather in Philadelphia, a city built on bold ideas and collective action, our focus is clear: to look back to push forward,…

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Can Subvention Be a Catalyst for Destination Transformation?

  • Published: 15th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Global

Association-Destination-Matching platfom Conferli has conducted in-depth research that obtained data on subvention policies and practices at 115 destinations worldwide, revealing wide variations in decision-making, scale of financial support, and regional utilisation. Over 90% of respondents agreed with the prompt that subventions could be used to drive forward sustainability and destination legacy objectives, yet only 6%…

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IGC 2024 Dublin: Celebrating a World of Difference, Creating a Lasting Legacy

In August 2024, Dublin became the global capital of geography. The 35th International Geographical Congress (IGC 2024) brought 2,654 delegates from 74 countries and five continents to Dublin City University (DCU) for a week-long celebration of research, collaboration, and connection under the theme “Celebrating a World of Difference.” The conference was supported by Fáilte Ireland,…

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Age-Friendly Gothenburg Makes Winners Out of 8,000 Athletes Attending WMAC

Gothenburg used the city’s progressive social objectives and programmes, its membership of WHO’s Age Friendly Cities & Communities network, and the city’s 400th anniversary to successfully bid to host the 2024 World Masters Athletics Championship. The result: inspiration for local citizens to live healthier lives, lifelong friendships forged amongst the over 8,000 athletes in categories…

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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 Awarded Sustainability Certificate

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress 2025 has been certified compliant with the ISO 20121:2024 certification for sustainable event management, recognising its commitment to organising a responsible and sustainable World Conservation Congress in 2025. IUCN has strived to ensure all aspects of Congress operations adhere to rigorous sustainability standards…

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To Be or Not to Be… An Industry?

  • Published: 15th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Global

“We have many of the necessary puzzle pieces… but need a much stronger mid to long-term positioning for our industry.” Industry thought-leader Kai Hattendorf argues that the Business and Professional Events sector has thus far failed to present itself as a genuine industry, and has been only intermittently successful in communicating the full spectrum of…

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Skift Meetings Forum 2025: 8 Top Takeaways

  • Published: 15th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Global

Skifts’s third annual summit for CEOs and thought-leaders in the Business Events Sector tackled some of our industry’s toughest issues. Their key findings are essential reading for all those who want to understand the ways and unprecedented speed with which our sector is evolving, and the future challenges that are heading in our direction.

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Why the Next Chapter of Place Branding Requires Embracing the Unpredictable

  • Published: 14th October 2025

If place branding was initially created to reinforce and, in different ways, stabilise a place with consistent narratives capable of offering predictability about its identity, today that stability is the exception; predictability is a myth we insist on clinging to. From City Nation Place, by Caio Esteves, Managing Partner, N/LF…

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US Passport Power Falls to Historic Low

  • Published: 14th October 2025
  • Host Destination: USA

For the first time in 20 years, the United States is no longer ranked amongst the world’s Top 10 most powerful passports. Once unrivalled at No.1 in 2014, the American passport has now slumped to 12th place, tied with Malaysia, with visa-free access to only 180 of 227 destinations worldwide. From Henley & Partners…

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Incredible Impacts Programme Helps International Papillomavirus Society Increase Its Societal Impact

  • Published: 14th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Global

IPVC won the Incredible Impacts Programme Seed Grant for its advocacy and engagement programmes at IPVC 2024 in Edinburgh, resulting in a nationwide HPV information hub reaching thousands of people across Scotland, involving over 1,200 students in educational workshops, and embedding HPV education into numerous academic and community programmes. Now this initiative will extend into…

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Academic Rigour + Pragmatic Hands-on Expertise = Formula for Success

  • Published: 14th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Global

Prof Mike Duignan, Founder & Chair of the Centre for Events & Festivals, argues that it’s essential to bring together the very best academic practitioners and rigorous studies with top practitioners who deeply understand the workings of the market, if we are to really gain the necessary depth of understanding to move our sector to…

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The Five Vs for Victory

  • Published: 14th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Canada

Prof Mike Duignan deconstructs the academically rigorous structure underpinning Destination Canada, #MEET4IMPACT and GainingEdge’s multi-year, multi-event impact research project, which is leading the way in developing insights on the key determinants and best models for measuring societal, scientific and business impacts. The five Vs are: Volume of data; Variety of sources; Velocity with which data…

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A Shared Vision for the Urban Visitor Economy: The Tórshavn Declaration

Through workshops built around Political, Economic, Social, and Technological dimensions, attendees at CityDNA Autumn Conference identified priorities for Europe’s cities: stronger advocacy at EU level, sustainable funding models, inclusivity, AI integration, and data ethics. Using conferences as a platform for strategic realignment is a powerful way to ensure engagement and alignment to vision and goals.

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Counter-Disinformation Experts Address Challenges to Democracy, Science, Healthcare and Media

On 15–16 October 2025, the counter-disinformation community will reunite at Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to continue exchanging ideas, learning, and collaborating. The importance of face-to-face conferences as a counterweight to disinformation has never been more essential. Check out their conference programme to understand some of the key issues. From EU DisinfoLab…

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Setting Global Standards for Events: Why ISO TC 354 Matters

  • Published: 13th October 2025
  • Host Destination: Global

The creation of ISO’s first dedicated Technical Committee on Events is an important step forwards for not only the exhibitions industry but for all event types. Chris Skeith OBE explains why global standards matter, not just for organisers and venues, but for governments, destinations, and the millions of people who experience events worldwide.

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LEAP Summit Culminates in Borneo Legacy Declaration

The first Legacy Event Advocacy Policy (LEAP) Summit in Malaysia ended with the adoption of the Borneo Legacy Declaration, setting out a framework for measuring and supporting the benefits of business events, beyond short-term economic impact. The summit was organised by The Iceberg and powered by Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak). From Conference & Meetings World…

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