Elise Schoening
Senior Associate Editor at Northstar Travel Group
Senior Editor @NorthstarMeets
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1 week ago |
northstarmeetingsgroup.com | Elise Schoening
IACC, a global association for meeting venue professionals, has published its latest Meeting Room of the Future report with insights into event industry trends and preferences. More than 205 event planners from across Europe and North America were surveyed for the research, which was conducted by IACC and Development Counsellors International. The majority of respondents work on events with 50 to 200 attendees. Just over one-third (34 percent) specialize in corporate events.
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3 weeks ago |
northstarmeetingsgroup.com | Elise Schoening
Northstar’s annual research has been expanded to include site-selection data for more than 60 cities and convention centers across the United States. Since launching in 2020, Northstar Meetings Group’s Convention Cities Index has served as a go-to guide to aid event planners in their site-selection process. For this latest edition, the research team has refreshed and upgraded the index to serve planners looking to host gatherings in the United States. What Is the Convention Cities Index?
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1 month ago |
northstarmeetingsgroup.com | Elise Schoening
New York City Tourism + Conventions adjusted its 2025 forecast to reflect the drop in tourism that many U.S. destinations are currently experiencing. Based on new data from its partner Tourism Economics, the CVB had dropped its total estimated visitors from 67.2 million to 64.1 million — a decline of 3.1 million travelers. Domestic visitors are expected to comprise the bulk of travelers but even those numbers have been downgraded, from 53.1 million to 52 million in 2025.
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2 months ago |
northstarmeetingsgroup.com | Elise Schoening
Get tips for turning passive attendees into active participants without breaking the bank. This webinar takes place on May 21, 2025, at 2:00 PM ETHitting attendee registration goals is only half the battle. Planners must also ensure attendees are actively engaged on-site so they get the most out of the event experience and keep coming back year after year. In this live webinar, industry experts will share winning strategies for boosting attendee engagement before, during and after events.
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2 months ago |
northstarmeetingsgroup.com | Elise Schoening
This summer will mark the 35th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, which was signed into law July 26, 1990. Still, three decades later, many event professionals struggle to create gatherings that are fully accessible. In fact, only 15 percent of planners said their events were fully accessible during a recent Northstar Meetings Group webinar.
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As part of @MPI's #GMID2024 livestream, the @EventDesignCol walked through the steps of creating an event canvas — and how valuable it can be to create a visual framework for attendee behavior, event costs and more. https://t.co/jh4EcH2fzG
