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Weekly Group Business Trends, Week Ending April 30, 2022

Back-to-back weeks of double digit event growth For the last two weeks, we’ve seen week over week growth in the double digits. Meetings and events increased by 10.8% last week compared to this week, with a 12% increase. The average number of …

The State of Middle East MICE Market Recovery

Focus on Abu Dhabi & Dubai: Fueling Sales by Pivoting with Big Data By: Kristi White, Chief Product Officer, Knowland Recovery comes in all shapes and sizes and from all different directions. Overall, the Middle East is on a strong path to …

Weekly Group Business Trends, Week Ending April 23, 2022

Event activity rebounds from the Holiday After a decline due to the Easter weekend, the US market rebounded as anticipated. Meetings and events increased by 10.8% compared to the prior week. The next few weeks should continue to see comparable growth …

The Future Looks Bright for Group Business – Are You Ready to Take Advantage of It?

Knowland’s Meetings Industry Recovery Forecast, Update Q1 2024 [WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS] On April 20, 2022, Knowland’s Kristi White presented to the industry a deep dive into its quarterly Meetings Recovery Forecast. While there is a lot of data to …

The Covid Pandemic Didn’t Kill Conventions After All

Large group travel has bounced back faster than single business trips. The early days of Covid in 2020 brought a cascade of cancellations of big-name business conventions including the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the North American …

Knowland Issues Quarterly Event Activity Forecast

The U.S. Meetings Recovery Forecast remains stable and still on track with March exceeding recovery targets and some markets at or near recovery by end of 2022 ARLINGTON, Va. — April 20, 2022 — Knowland, the world’s leading provider of …

Weekly Group Business Trends, Week Ending April 16, 2022

Week over week decline as anticipated for the Easter Holiday For the week of April 10-16,2022, meetings and events in the U.S. market decreased 21.6% compared to the prior week. The decline was anticipated as it is normal behavior in the week of the …

5 Tips to Help Overwhelmed Hotel Sales and Event Teams in 2022

How to increase the productivity of your sales team The return of group business combined with the reality of lean sales teams means that many hotel sales and event teams have to do more with less. It can be overwhelming — from inbound RFPs …

Increase Sales and Event Team Productivity with Time Blocking

Block Out Time to Focus on What Matters Time blocking can help you achieve your goals more quickly through single-tasking, not multi-tasking. Calendar time blocking keeps you on track and can improve productivity by as much as 80%*. It helps you …

Knowland Webinar Presents Q1 2022 Meetings Industry Recovery Update

Will 2022 be the biggest “in the year, for the year” group bookings in hospitality history?

Weekly Group Business Trends, Week Ending April 9, 2022

Top 5 growth markets show average 98.5% increase for the week For the week of April 3-9, 2022, the US market realized an 8.7% increase in event activity compared to the prior week. Because of the Easter holiday, we anticipate April will be a month of …

Two Surveys Say Meetings Industry on the Rebound

A pair of recent studies point to a rapidly rebounding meetings and incentives market as omicron seems to be on the retreat and attendees and organizations that plan meetings are ready to get back in the saddle.