COVID-19 and the Business Events Industry
Force Majeure: Negotiating a Common Clause in Uncommon Times
Surges in COVID-19 cases caused by variants and the difficulties of predicting in-person attendance continue to make it challenging for organizers to know if or when to postpone, cancel, or try to renegotiate the terms of an in-person event. Here’s a legal perspective.
How a Pandemic Problem Helped Innovate a GMID Program
After a year off due to COVID-19 in 2020, PCMA’s Capital Chapter switched its Hill Day advocacy event last year to virtual appointments with lawmakers and invited other PCMA chapters to lead the meet-ups — thereby increasing the number of participants and appointments. The chapter is building on that momentum for this year’s virtual Hill Day.
EMEA Survey: Events Professionals Continue to Plan Amidst Uncertainty
The results of a survey of business events professionals in EMEA demonstrate their collective resolve to navigate a continually shifting environment.
Could ScreamCon Be Next?
The ongoing frustration of the pandemic is sparking a new kind of event: the group scream.
5 Lessons Learned From CES 2022
In an online roundtable discussion last week hosted by mdg, organizers of CES 2022 shared what worked, what didn’t, and what lessons they learned from planning and hosting the event during the worst of the Omicron outbreak.
Australia Welcomes Back Global Travelers
Feb. 21 marked the reopening of Australia’s international borders, which had been closed to everyone except citizens and residents since March 2020.
Giving Disposable Face Masks a Second Life
The Québec City Convention Centre has partnered with a company to recycle single-use COVID masks so they don’t end up in landfills.
Event Professionals Press Forward
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.
We’re on the Cusp of the Next Gen of Events
A session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 contrasted the evolution of the business events industry against other business sectors and explored what insights we should glean from that — and why the future may be here sooner than you may think.
Smaller Budgets, Bigger Risks
A host of Conversation Starters — small group discussions on a range of hot-button topics — were held for in-person and digital participants at Convening Leaders 2022. Here are some takeaways.
5 Consumer Trends Having an Impact on Business Events
A recent survey of 25,000 consumers in 22 countries by professional services company Accenture reveals that the pandemic has caused consumers to reevaluate how and what they buy. Here’s what that means for events.
How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists
Amid continuing uncertainty around planning events during COVID’s wild ride, we turned to professional futurists to help put us on the path to envisioning business events going forward. Here’s a shorthand guide to thinking like a futurist.