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Weekly Group Meetings and Events Stats, Week Ending January 27, 2024

January ends trending up 22% week over week with Education as the star For the week ending January 27, 2024, the number of U.S. meetings and events increased 22.0% as the year gets off to a strong start. Corporate events share volume is 68.8% …

Weekly Group Meetings and Events Stats, Week Ending January 20, 2024

Corporate leads with almost 70% share of meetings and events. For the week ending January 20, 2024, the number of U.S. meetings and events decreased 2.9% remaining relatively stable compared to the previous week. Corporate events share volume is up …

Weekly Group Meetings and Events Stats, Week Ending January 13, 2024

High growth week over week for the start of 2024, Education and Technology lead industry segments hosting events For the week ending January 13, 2024, the number of U.S. meetings and events increased 185.9% as the year gets off to a strong start. …

Mastering Hotel Group Sales: Strategies to Win the Game

Meeting your hotel’s sales goals is about so much more than individual sales quotas and collecting bonuses. Whether you are a hotel sales manager or operator, booking well-suited groups requires both inbound RFP responses and proactive selling. …

Weekly Group Meetings and Events Stats, Week Ending January 6, 2024

Orlando kicks off 2024 with top growth week over week, Religious industry segment breaks into the top 5 For the week ending January 6, 2024, the number of U.S. meetings and events increased 54.7%. Corporate events share volume dominate at 54.6%, with …

San Diego Seizes Top Spot for Year-over-Year Growth in Group Business for December

Pharmaceutical and Charity/Non-Profit industries lead in four out of the five top markets ARLINGTON, Va. — Jan. 10, 2024 — Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, released the top …

Product Update: Introducing Sub-Market Targeting

Account-Based Selling at the Local Market Level In 2024 and beyond, trends at the neighborhood level present a competitive advantage for sales teams. With a localized market view, hospitality sales teams can identify top accounts booking in their …

Think Like a Revenue Manager: 5 Tips to Increase Your Hotel’s Group Business Profitability

Whether it’s early in the year or you’re staring down your year-end goals, every hotel sales director is constantly working to stay on pace or beat goals from last year. That alone can be a challenge, especially during slower times of the year or …

Knowland Expands Further in the Middle East,  Opens Riyadh Market

Rapid growth and competition in the Middle East hospitality sector require robust data tools to increase productivity and better understand buyer behavior ARLINGTON, Va. — Dec. 20, 2023 — Today, Knowland, the world’s leading provider of …

Weekly Group Meetings and Events Stats, Week Ending December 16, 2023

Corporate meetings and events dominate for the week; Education is the top industry For the week ending December 16, 2023, the number of U.S. meetings and events decreased 13.9%. Corporate events share volume dominate at 70.3%, with Education driving …

Meeting Spend Is Up and Short Meetings Are Down

According to Convene, spending on meetings and events has increased by 35%, while Knowland reports group revenue is at 103% of 2019 levels.