Event Venues
Dutch Museum and Convention Center Partner for Drive-Through Exhibit
A Rotterdam art museum and convention center embraced the new drive-in trend for an innovative experience for art lovers during the pandemic.
Hotels and Event Venues Get Schooled
Meeting space is being repurposed to cater to the needs of schoolchildren — and their working parents — to get their work done in a safe environment outside the home.
How an Incentive Group Met Safely in Aruba This Month
The Fields Group’s client wanted to reward its sales partners with a trip this year, despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Here’s how they pulled it off.
Zero-Attrition Offers Grow to Entice Group Business
More and more hotels are announcing that they’ve waived attrition fees for 2020 group bookings.
Hilton Expands Cleanliness Standards Program to Event Planning
Hilton EventReady with CleanStay will address “the whole event experience.”
4 More Venues Earn STAR Certification for Facility Preparedness
The Orange County Convention Center, Overland Park Convention Center, Hard Rock Stadium, and STAPLES Center follow the Georgia World Congress Center as accredited facilities.
3 DMOs on Group Business in the Living-With-COVID-19 World
Destination and venue leaders from three convention cities share how they have weathered the first half of 2020 and what they are doing to prepare for the future.
How CVBs Are Helping Destinations Safely Reopen
As destinations have started to lift stay-at-home orders and businesses are reopening their doors, CVBs are helping to ensure their communities stay safe as they ready to welcome visitors once again.
Lack of Standardization at Event Venues in the Time of COVID: A Good Thing?
As the events industry eagerly looks forward to the possibility of bringing small groups together face to face, initiatives around safety and hygiene at event venues are proliferating. And perhaps the lack of uniformity is okay, as long as the standards are consistently high.
Hilton CEO Talks About the Future and the Guest Experience
In a Washington Post webinar, Hilton President and CEO Chris Nassetta discussed the contactless hotel experience and how the recovery will play out.
How to Make the ‘New Normal’ of Face-to-Face Work
As event organizers try to envision what’s next for meetings and trade shows, Freeman has released a new set of considerations and changes to help safeguard their attendees.
A Socially Distant Concert During COVID-19
The first concert in a music venue since the COVID-19 crisis began included fog sprayers, fan pods, and limits on bathroom-goers. Is this a preview of the future of face-to-face engagement?