This webinar took place on December 11, 2024
Join Northstar Meetings Group’s leadership team for an in-depth exploration of the latest trends and insights shaping the meetings industry. The latest Northstar/Cvent Meetings Industry PULSE Survey delves into critical topics such as budgets, spending, the value of face-to-face, supplier relationships and other important topics. We’ll provide a comprehensive analysis of these findings and discuss their implications for planners and their supplier partners in the year ahead.
Participants will:
- Learn planner expectations for their budgets next year, and how they’re managing increased costs.
- Gain insights on stakeholder expectations and the importance of meetings relative to other business initiatives.
- Understand the changing dynamics between planners and suppliers.
- Consider how the new administration will influence the meetings industry in 2025.
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Earns 1 hour of CMP credit
SPEAKERS
David Blansfield
Executive Vice President & Group Publisher
Northstar Meetings Group
David manages Northstar Travel Group’s meetings brands and events businesses. The Northstar Meetings Group is the meetings and sports travel industry’s most important source of news, research, analysis, events and marketing services worldwide.
Jaimi Welch
Content Marketing Manager
Cvent
Jaimi is a seasoned marketing and communications strategist who brings creative vision and proven leadership to complex global campaigns. In her current role, she spearheads worldwide initiatives that bridge the gap between event planners and suppliers
while staying ahead of industry trends.
MODERATOR
Loren Edelstein
Vice President, Content Director
Northstar Meetings Group
Loren oversees the editorial content for Northstar Meeting Group's industry-leading brands — Meetings & Conventions, Successful Meetings, Incentive and Meeting News — across NMG's many platforms, including print, digital and face-to-face events. She joined M&C in 1993, after spending six years at Corporate Travel magazine. Under Loren's oversight as Executive Editor and then Editor of M&C, the brand received dozens of editorial awards, including ASBPE's Magazine of the Year, ASBPE's National Gold Award for Online Excellence, and Folio's Eddie award for Best Full Issue, among many others.
