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Industry News
How Forvis Mazars leveraged Cvent's enterprise ecosystem
How Forvis Mazars—winner of Cvent's Ace of Spaces award—exemplifies the power of deploying Cvent as a true enterprise platform.
By Michael Pinchera
Industry News
Taking the pain out of event procurement
How terminology can impact damages related to attrition, the importance of flexibility in force majeure clauses and how to make contract negotiations fun with Therese Jardin, who leads MPI’s Contract Negotiation Specialist certificate program.
By Blair Potter
Industry News
Creating magnetic messaging
How to attract the right clients and repel the rest with personal branding/thought leadership coach and The Meeting Professional columnist Leanne Calderwood.
By Blair Potter
Event Seating Charts That Actually Work
By EventCreate
Industry News
‘Hospitality starts with each other’
Recognizing and supporting mental health at events begins with quiet spaces, short resets and slowing down.
By Blair Potter

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How Forvis Mazars leveraged Cvent's enterprise ecosystem
How Forvis Mazars—winner of Cvent's Ace of Spaces award—exemplifies the power of deploying Cvent as a true enterprise platform.
By Michael Pinchera
Taking the pain out of event procurement
How terminology can impact damages related to attrition, the importance of flexibility in force majeure clauses and how to make contract negotiations fun with Therese Jardin, who leads MPI’s Contract Negotiation Specialist certificate program.
By Blair Potter

TRENDS

Food waste and events: A complex sustainability challenge
What are the biggest barriers meeting professionals face when trying to reduce food waste at events and how can they be overcome? Event industry sustainability experts weight in.
By Blair Potter
Wellness at events: A shift from tension to cohesion
From intentional relaxation zones to increased personalization, learn about wellness event trends you should be watching right now.
By Blair Potter

DESTINATIONS

Collaboration powers innovation in Barcelona
A short voyage through Barcelona’s Port Vell and the surrounding marina area during an MPI EMEC learning journey revealed the ways that this historic city has adapted its traditional harbour to support modern priorities.
By Paul Cook, MPI Correspondent
EMEC Barcelona: Real-world application in a city at the forefront of events
MPI’s 2026 European Meetings & Events Conference—21-24 February in Barcelona—is not just about discussing trends, but experiencing how a destination brings them to life, says Christoph Tessmar, managing director of the Barcelona Convention Bureau.
By Blair Potter

TIPS AND ADVICE

Put Your Audience Behind the Wheel
The strongest events are designed around the people receiving it.
By Staging Solutions
Helpful tips for reducing food waste at events
This comprehensive, yet straightforward approach aims to inspire sustainable practices in the events sector with action-oriented food waste reduction measures for busy event professionals.
By Annette M. Ott-Barnett