Conference & Meetings World Issue 106 | Page 44

United. Resilient. Proud. To the global business events industry, our extended family... Remember who you are and what you represent. We are an industry that contributes US$1.5 trillion of GDP to the global economy*. As we’ve demonstrated many times before, we will be part of the solution to drive recovery, growth and social impact that will transform the world. Ray Bloom & Carina Bauer #WeWillMeetAgain *Figures from The Events Industry Council’s Global Economic Significance of Business Events Study 2018. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED