This document discusses predictions for the meetings and events industry over time. It predicts that by 2030 meetings will be smaller and more intimate with a focus on face-to-face interactions. Meeting planners will be more strategic and their numbers will continue to rise. Most events will have virtual audiences and content will be crowdsourced while event logistics will be automated with no cash used at events. Group business will be booked mostly online and meeting space will be more commoditized.

6. 3,200 customers (60,000 users)
150 countries
3 languages

8. 1 billion sq ft of function space
600,000 events created
63 million attendees impacted

12. Meeting planners will be more
strategic than ever.

13. Meetings will be smaller and
more intimate.

14. The number of meeting planners
will continue to rise.

15. Face-to-face interactions will
be even more coveted.Source: eMarketer, April 2014

16. F&B will be replaced by more
efficient supplements or
synthetic alternatives.

18. Live events will be an important
source of revenue for the most
meaningful companies.

19. Experiences will be more
common and more expensive.

21. The industry’s current
processes as we know it will
be obliterated.

22. Event logistics will be
automated.

23. Event apps will no longer exists.

24. There will be no cash at
events.

25. Group business will be booked
mostly online.

26. Hotel sales people will
become meeting consultants.

27. 1990s 2010s 2030s
Most events will have a virtual
audience.

29. Events will be crowdfunded.

30. Content will be crowdsourced.

31. Our industry will be embrace
transparency.

33. Hotels will do mostly group
business.

34. Everything planners need will
be available on-demand.

36. Meeting space will be more
commoditized than ever.

37. Events will mostly be indoors
or under covered structures.

39. The travel industry will
continue to consolidate.

40. Meeting and event planning
companies will begin
consolidation.

42. Workshops for exchanging
knowledge will be the key
component at meetings.

43. Meetings will not have
education because content
will be available online.

44. Meeting planning will be a
more organized, respected,
and common practice.

46. Event software will be free.

47. There will be a subscription
model for events.

48. Free events will be expected
by consumers.

50. Attendees will discover events
and sessions that are right for
them.

51. Networks at hotels and events
will be a target for hackers.

52. Rooms will be setup automatically
with robots.

53. Attendees will meet the right people
and no business cards will be
exchanged.