Meetings/Hospitality Industry Riding Crest of Upswing

Stamats Meetings Media/Stamats Communications | January 28, 2016

Annual Meetings Today Trends Survey sees room rates stabilize as attendance increases Cedar Rapids, IA – After a stretch of rapidly rising room rates and increased meetings attendance following the recovery from the Great Recession of 2008, the sense of prosperity felt within the meetings and hospitality industry seems to have plateaued, with hotel room rates expected to rise at a reduced clip and attendance predicted to continue its gradual upward momentum. The prognosis was the result of Meetings Today's annual Meetings Today Trends Survey, which featured responses from more than 600 primarily U.S.-based meeting planners. The fu...