Perfecting in-person meeting agendas may require a break with tradition. Here are 5 ways a thoughtfully reimagined agenda will secure more registrations and deliver more value to discerning attendees. When it comes to a successful agenda strategy for in-person events, it is time to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. In reality, only some agenda-planning standards[…]
Successful meetings and events are designed to meet the needs of all attendees who must be motivated to attend. If they can get the information being presented online, they will not expend time or money. Today’s most successful conferences provide value to not only attendees but the organizer as well. Content is essential, as is[…]
Time is a planner’s most precious resource. Make the most of it by utilizing venue sourcing technology to cut through the clutter and book your meeting essentials at record speed, leaving you free to get back to what you do best: creating event magic. If there’s one quality that makes the best event planners stand[…]
There are promising signs that the event industry is returning to pre-pandemic attendance numbers, and some small meetings are even exceeding 2019 levels. But there’s also plenty to indicate that nothing is going ‘back to normal.’ That’s because expectations have evolved, giving rise to the next generation of event trends. After a long pause, we[…]
For meeting planners and event managers globally, the biggest challenge now is to keep up with booming business while accounting for unpredictability and external market pressures. Demand is high and expected to fully rebound to 2019 levels in 2023, but rising inflation means that budgets will be stretched tighter than ever. Do planners need to[…]
There are promising signs that the event industry is returning to pre-pandemic attendance numbers, and some small meetings are even exceeding 2019 levels. But there’s also plenty to indicate that nothing is going ‘back to normal.’ That’s because expectations have evolved, giving rise to the next generation of event trends. After a long pause, we[…]
American Express’s 2023 Global Meetings and Events Forecast predicts a strong rebound in meetings and events for next year, with a swift return to pre-pandemic volumes and a corresponding jump in budgets. After two years of travel restrictions, delayed incentive travel reward programs, and endless Zoom calls, most companies are expecting a massive surge in[…]
If you thought event contracts were tricky before the pandemic, buckle up for even more complications. Force majeure Flexibility In 2020, executing the force majeure clause in a contract was fairly straightforward. The government had declared a lockdown due to the Covid pandemic, so there was no question that the following elements of force majeure[…]
While the first cases of Monkeypox were reported in late April in Europe and the World Health Organization (WHO) called it a global health emergency at the end of July, it was the Biden-Harris Administration’s declaration of this being a public health emergency that got meeting and event planners to really take notice. President Biden[…]
Pent-up demand, labor shortages, and canceled flights have created a summer of travel chaos. Delays, disruptions, and diversions are the new norm. Covid is still a reality, airport staffing is below capacity, and some airlines have threatened to or have gone on strike. For leisure travelers, this is bad news. For event planners and speakers,[…]