News & Trends
DMO Leader on Serving ‘Our Citizens’ Needs’
Steve Moore, retired president and CEO of Visit Phoenix, reflects on his 46-year career and the changes he has seen in the DMO and events industries.
An Experiment in Hybrid Engagement
How PCMA’s Northern California Chapter brought its own creative playbook to a hybrid conference.
Add Air Quality to Your Event Site-Selection Checklist
Paying attention to a building’s ventilation system is important in managing the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts.
We Shouldn’t Take the Air We Breathe for Granted
We have been single-minded in our approach to keeping venues clean and safe for attendees. But we’ve been missing one very important —maybe the most important — thing.
Real-Life Examples Show the Importance of In-Person Events
Perhaps we once took for granted the larger role that face-to-face events play in our society, but the past year has shown us that they are far more than economic engines. These case studies show how physical events have given fledgling industries a foot-hold and path to success.
What the Absence of Events Means to Local Charities
Charitable institutions have long benefited from the community-service efforts of organizations convening in their cities. What happens to those charities when face-to-face events don’t take place for more than a year?
How Events Helped a ‘Fringe’ Diet Lifestyle Go Mainstream
Once considered a counter-culture movement, veganism is now embraced by a worldwide community and has become a multi-billion dollar industry — partly thanks to strategic business event planning.
How Bitcoin Took Off Only After its Champions Met IRL
Recognizing that in-person conversations would be important to the development of the digital financial system, Keynote CEO Moe Levin launched a 2013 event for 300 attendees, some who now are considered pioneers in cryptocurrency. In 2018, 6,000 attended The North American Bitcoin Conference.
Pumping New Life Into Associations’ Online Revenue Streams
The pivot to digital events has constricted many associations’ revenue streams. But the American Society of Hematology bucked that trend by developing a successful new model for sponsors for its virtual 2020 event and a pricing structure for all participants based on a metric that makes sense in an online environment: time.
Why In-Person AI Conferences Are Critical to Society’s Future
An article in The New Yorker earlier this year clearly spelled out how conferences serve as the de-facto lens for ethical considerations of artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Work From Anywhere but Meet in One Place
The digital nomad movement has gained ground during the pandemic, for sure. But it has pre-COVID roots and its pioneers are planning an in-person gathering to help it flourish — and to get destinations’ support.
How a Jewelry Trade Show Pulled off a Safe Event for Several Thousand
SISO and UFI published a case study on how the Jewelers International Showcase — the first show for Reed Exhibitions and the Miami Beach Convention Center since the pandemic began — safely convened more than 3,000 participants.