Meetings Outlook

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Meetings Outlook Q2 2025

Welcome to the Q2 2025
Meetings Outlook Report

Expectations for in-person attendance, budgets and the overall business landscape dropped sharply this quarter as event professionals reveal the ways and extent to which recent U.S. executive orders and policy changes are impacting meetings and events.

 

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Business conditions

A majority of meeting and event professionals anticipate negative business conditions over the next year, with only 31% of respondents expecting favorable conditions.

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Business conditions

 

 

Attendance forecasts

Attendance forecasts

Nearly half of respondents (48%) expect in-person event attendance to decrease over the coming year. Virtual attendance expectations, meanwhile, reveal an optimistic boost.

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Governmental impacts

Three-quarters (75%) of survey respondents said recent U.S. executive orders and/or government policy changes are already having a negative impact on their business. In fact, 62% of respondents report only negative effects.

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Governmental impacts

 

 

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