09.10.21

Understanding Recovery-era Event Budgets

The US economy is moving into a period of higher inflation than we’ve seen in the past 20 years, with inflation jumping 3.4% in May of 2020 – the biggest increase since the early 1990s.   The price of goods will continue to rise sharply through the end of 2021,…

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06.30.21

3 Strategies to Combat Inflation’s Impact on the Meetings Industry

Presented by David Waddell, President, CEO, and Chief Investment Strategist, Waddell & Associates during a recent CANVAS Conversations   Supplier budgets and meeting costs are proving to be much higher than expected in 2021. Many corporate meeting planners are struggling to negotiate event budgets with their senior leadership. But prepare…

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