News & Trends

What’s happening — or coming up next — in the meetings and events world and beyond.

3D Technology Helps Transport Event Attendees Elsewhere

A real-life location in Chicago anchored the Uber Freight Deliver Conference in fall 2020. Here’s how event designers took online participants there.

BY Barbara Palmer March 30, 2021

Virtual ‘Field Trips’ to Bring City to Meetings’ Participants

Two online events are making Richmond, Virginia, central to their education — and diversity and inclusion — programs.

BY Michelle Russell March 30, 2021

Global Virtual Event Customizes Content for Regional Attendees

Ingram Micro’s first-ever digital conference for participants from around the world created a shared experience that felt local at the same time.

BY Michelle Russell March 30, 2021

Industry Mourns Passing of Michael Hart

Michael Hart, best known as the editor in chief for Tradeshow Week, died earlier this month at age 67 after battling cancer.

BY Convene Editors March 30, 2021

Helping Attendees Experience a Destination Digitally

Austin had been a big draw for 2020 American College of Toxicology’s annual meeting registrants. Organizers needed to figure out a way to bring as much of the destination as possible to an entirely online audience.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst March 29, 2021

Focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Travel and Events

Mike Gamble, founder of Tourism Diversity Matters, discusses the impetus for starting the initiative, and its goals for the future.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst March 29, 2021

Walk/Bike/Places Brings Online Attendees ‘Outdoors’

Here’s how an annual conference for placemaking professionals tweaked its mobile workshops to give virtual tours of its host city. 

BY Casey Gale March 29, 2021

A Master Class in Art and Public Safety

Traveling exhibition turns ballroom at America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis into a Michelangelo gallery with nearly life-sized recreations of his Sistine Chapel paintings.

BY Barbara Palmer March 29, 2021

Taking Stock, a Year After the Pandemic Was Declared

What have we learned over the past 12-plus months — about ourselves, our roles, and the role business events play in the world’s recovery?

BY Sherrif Karamat March 29, 2021

Under One Sky Conference Finds Bright Spot in Move to Digital

International Dark-Sky Association’s first digital event takes global, inclusive approach with diverse speakers presenting from 12 different countries.

BY Casey Gale March 29, 2021

Virtual Art Tour Engages Participants With Scents From the Past

A “see-and-smell” art tour by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis takes far-flung digital participants on a fragrant trip to the gallery — and back to the 17th century.

BY Barbara Palmer March 29, 2021

COVID Testing Part of the Fabric of an In-Person Fashion Industry Show

The Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, produced a case study detailing how three independent show organizers joined forces to bring a safe in-person marketplace to the fashion industry in Orlando in early February. Here are highlights.

BY Michelle Russell March 26, 2021

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