In this issue, meeting pros share insights into both the big picture of travel (managing through uncertainty, risk and costs) and how they take care of themselves and their attendees on the road ("me time" better communications).
April 2026
Costs are up, attendance optimism is down and "favorable" budgets still don't quite feel like relief. This landscape is forcing event professionals to focus on value and the experience while defending what makes in-person indispensable.
Even as the live event industry looks to remain strong through 2025, event professionals express concern about cost increases, inadequate budget growth and political and economic uncertainty.