Warning: Enrollment Is Down Up to 50% at Event, Tourism & Hospitality Schools Worldwide

While the meetings industry celebrates recovery, international education programs are quietly contracting. What Happens to the Next Generation of Event Pros?

The conversation did not begin as a warning.

It began, as these things often do, on the edge of a crowded trade show floor at IMEX earlier this year, where the global meetings industry gathers annually to celebrate itself. Booths glowed. Handshakes multiplied. The narrative was unmistakable: recovery had arrived.

Somewhere between appointments and the hum…