The latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey results reveal that planners and suppliers feel more hopeful as they face COVID’s latest variant — and that planners are less inclined to cancel their upcoming in-person events than they were when in the throes of the Delta variant.

In its poll of 500 corporate meeting planners, Delamar Hotels found that the majority of their future in-person events will be networking receptions.

Four event marketing professionals share their perspectives on the future of events — and how marketers will need to rethink how they market them. 

The business events industry continues to navigate a fluid COVID environment. We’re bringing back our Business Events Recovery Dashboard survey to learn how the industry is dealing with news of the Omicron variant.

Exhibitor magazine brought together five industry professionals to discuss the current events landscape and how marketers and organizers can plan for the future.

ECEF gave attendees a handful of important data points to consider as they embarked on a day of programs and networking.

ECEF attendees tried out a contact-tracing wearable that helps event organizers measure and communicate COVID-19 exposure risk to participants.

Two international events — one held last week and another scheduled for Dec. 3-6 — continue in person at RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, despite a recent COVID partial lockdown introduced in the Netherlands.

EventMinded, a free digital event organized for event organizers, normalized mental-health struggles both inside and outside of the events industry. 

ACEP COO Bobby Heard on what it took to host a safe and successful meeting for emergency physicians, how partners can better support organizers, and why the hybrid format needs to go away.

Global software company Workiva Inc. hosts an annual conference, which was held virtually in 2020 and 2021, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a before and after Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA) webinar series, Workiva’s marketing gurus shared what they planned for the 2021 event and then, several weeks later, how those plans worked out.

A recent Bloomberg article about how venture capitalists are navigating the COVID environment made clear the lack of uniformity about the return to in-person board meetings — and lack of protocol around acceptable greetings.