BLOG


INDUSTRY NEWS

This seventh edition of the Incentive Travel Index reveals an industry that remains resilient and inventive but faces growing complexity. Incentive travel is as valued as ever, yet the business of delivering it grows tougher each year.
By Pádraic Gilligan
Course correcting the swift and widespread recent adoption of AI in everything, behavioral science advisor Nathalie Nahai shares the perils and potential of AI and its impacts on human empathy in advance of her IBTM World (Nov. 18-20) keynote, “The Power of Human Connection & Empathy in the Age of AI.”
By Michael Pinchera

TRENDS

How can we better educate our fellow meeting professionals or our attendees about sustainability efforts and encourage buy-in/acceptance?
By Blair Potter
From Thomson Reuters Foundation, we learn about another female superhero who uses her powers to fight sex crimes in India; she battles the stigma that trafficking survivors face in the third instalment of a comic series due to be released this week.
By Gary Schirmacher, CMP

DESTINATIONS

Longtime MPI volunteer leader Anthony Molino discusses his new role at Visit Atlantic City and why’s it’s an exciting time for event planners to connect with this “small beach town.”
By Blair Potter
The collateral damage from the current trade tensions is surprisingly wide-ranging.
By Allan Lynch

TIPS AND ADVICE

In the bustling world of meetings and events, where networking often feels like an extrovert’s game, LinkedIn stands as a beacon for the introverted professional.
By Leanne Calderwood, CMP