The price of gas is through the roof. How will that affect event planning in 2022? Just as the in-person event industry is starting to recover, it is being hit with rising prices across the board, but nowhere is the surge more glaring than with fuel. While the event industry may not be the only[…]
Business Travel May Never Recover to 2019 Levels “We stand to lose 20 to 25 percent of international business travel forever,” said Sébastien Bazin, chairman and CEO of Accor Group. These are not words that anyone connected with business travel wants to hear. The travel industry seems to be adapting to this updated outlook and[…]
Event planners may be more familiar with event tech than ever, but the rapid pace of innovation means that tech literacy is a moving target. To understand what planners need from event tech in 2022, we spoke to some of today’s most influential event profs. The past two years have been a roller coaster ride[…]
The recent emergence of Omicron, a new Covid variant of concern, has sent shockwaves through global markets and led to the WTO conference being postponed days ahead of the planned meeting in Geneva. How concerned should event planners be? With the Delta variant already overwhelming hospitals in Europe and the threat of a new, potentially[…]
With in-person events taking place right now across the United States and Europe, it’s important to monitor the current opportunities and challenges facing event professionals. These nine stats are based on fresh data from our own survey and represent the most up-to-date industry data right now. These are the key stats that represent a snapshot[…]
With constantly changing guidelines and inconsistent government mandates, handling Covid-19 testing and vaccination requirements at live events is a complex challenge fraught with potential legal minefields. Here’s what veteran event planners and legal experts recommend. With all the uncertainty caused by emerging Covid variants, constantly shifting CDC recommendations and divergent government mandates, particularly in[…]
Event planners are navigating a new frontier of delivering successful hybrid events. But what mix of technical and creative expertise do event teams need to do this successfully? We share seven key players you need in your hybrid event team. Unfamiliar formats, evolving technologies, new health and safety measures, content curation and ongoing attendee engagement[…]
Encouraging vaccine rollouts have exhibition event organizers in many areas determined to go back onsite. However, they’ll need exhibitors on board. Against a backdrop of new variants and virtual alternatives, will they come back? Here’s what the data says. Trade shows have had a rough go of virtual, forcing many sponsors and exhibitors to re-evaluate[…]
US Government data from 2018 states the role of “meeting, convention and event planners” to be 79.5% female and 20.5% male, yet the average salary for males is $50,531 but only $46,526 for females — a 8.6% difference. The salary difference may be explained by the fact that the balance shifts to being male dominated[…]
Virtual events lack the perks of in-person events; by unbundling them, we may be creating unattractive packages that lack emotional appeal. On the other hand, is there any way back? The enforced pivot to virtual has accelerated the unbundling of business events, a process that Martin Recke argues was already in motion long before the[…]