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Recommended Reading on “Place Leadership”

Keynote speaker at this year’s IMEX Policy Forum was Professor Greg Clark, who provided attendees with this list of reading material on the new models that destinations are adopting to remain competitive. A particular trend is for “distributed leadership”, which draws on experts from business, academia, the start-up community. and a wide range of institutions,…

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Barcelona’s New Legacy Vision

From Boardroom: Long recognised for its hospitality, culture, and strategic position within Europe’s business events landscape, Barcelona is now working to embed long-term societal value into the very fabric of the events it attracts.

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Paradigm Shift: This Time it’s Different

A thoughtful article by Gary Grimmer on the latest geopolitical changes and their implications for both international business events and the societal cost in the fields of healthcare, science, trade and beyond. Numerous commentators and analysts are concluding that the changes to US policy and in power relationships between countries and regions will generate far…

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How the Grown Ups Approach Event Legacy

The 7-times winner of the 8 GDS-Index Awards for Leadership, the city of Gothenburg in Sweden, share this long-awaited series from The Iceberg into the DMOs 3-part framework which provides a systematic approach to realising impact from business & professional events; The Gothenburg Way to Legacy… In this 4-part mini-series, we begin with an introduction…

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AIMEX Legacy Set for $AUS Billions

“It’s more than a visitor economy,” says Damien Kitto, CEO of Business Events Adelaide. And the benchmarking and KPIs that track the impact data of events reveal metrics that extend far beyond the consumption economy of events hosted in the South Australian capital. The reason lies in the value sought by the Department of Trade…

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Voice, Vision, Impact: The Advocacy Advantage

In this series of articles Boardroom pulls together some excellent practical ideas on how associations can advocate more effectively, both in support of business and scientific events in general, but also to drive the mission of their own specific organisation. A highlight is the case study on how the US National Down Syndrome Society utilised…

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Trump 2.0 Disrupts Meetings Industry in First 100 Days

From Skift Meetings: President Trump’s second term began with a series of executive orders that immediately impacted the meetings industry. On Inauguration Day, January 20, Trump signed the Executive Order, “Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing.” It eliminates federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. All federal DEI staff were also placed…

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CityDNA International Conference 2025 Inspires a Bold Rethink of the Visitor Economy & Business...

From City Destinations Alliance: Held from April 9 to 11, 2025, in the heart of Hungary’s vibrant capital, the City Destinations Alliance (CityDNA) International Conference & General Assembly brought together over 250 tourism leaders, destination experts and changemakers from across Europe to explore how cities can drive business transformation through the visitor economy. Under the…

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ECA Offers Tariff Resource Centre

ECA and its public policy counsel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, have prepared the following detailed analysis of recent tariff developments and what they mean for the business and professional events industry. Please bookmark this page for future updates as circumstances warrant. On April 17, the Office of the United States Trade Representative took action…

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Business Events Industry Week 2025 Focused on Celebrations That Work

From Smart Meetings: Four years into an experiment to replace an annual spring event in Washington, D.C., with a collaborative concentration of events organizations all gathering in the same place, Business Events Industry Week (BEIW) has built some popular must-attend features and announced that other pieces will shake off, either going away altogether or moving….

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How US Tariffs Redraw the Global Trade Show Map

By Kai Hattendorf: 2024 was the best year ever for the trade show industry globally by revenues. 2025 likely won’t be. Uncertainties around an aggressive, tariffs-driven challenge to global trade from the new U.S. administration are shaking markets and economies around the world. If high import tariffs announced by the U.S. administration are here to…

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Recommended Reading on “Place Leadership”

Keynote speaker at this year’s IMEX Policy Forum was Professor Greg Clark, who provided attendees with this list of reading material on the new models that destinations are adopting to remain competitive. A particular trend is for “distributed leadership”, which draws on experts from business, academia, the start-up community. and a wide range of institutions,…

Read More

Barcelona’s New Legacy Vision

From Boardroom: Long recognised for its hospitality, culture, and strategic position within Europe’s business events landscape, Barcelona is now working to embed long-term societal value into the very fabric of the events it attracts.

Read More

Paradigm Shift: This Time it’s Different

A thoughtful article by Gary Grimmer on the latest geopolitical changes and their implications for both international business events and the societal cost in the fields of healthcare, science, trade and beyond. Numerous commentators and analysts are concluding that the changes to US policy and in power relationships between countries and regions will generate far…

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