News & Trends
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.