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The global meetings and events industry accounts for $325B of direct spending, and it is not slowing. In fact, 42% of corporate meeting planners expect to have bigger budgets in 2019.Event planning job growth outpaces the national average by 4%. And, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth for meeting and event planners is expected to grow 11% from through 2026.
Scott Graf is responsible for all global facets of BCD Meetings & Events, spanning a team of 1400+ across the Americas, EMEA and the Asia Pacific. He has over 30 years of industry experience (20+ with BCD, alone) including the following positions: on-site operations, account management, group logistics, marketing, direct sales, and executive management.
He is an active member on many industry boards and is involved with a wide range of initiatives to further the growth of the meeting, event and incentive industries.
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