News & Trends

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

The Problem With Carbon Offsets

As in-person events return, attendees may have an aversion to air travel for environmental reasons. Offering carbon offsets is one way to mitigate those concerns, but buyer beware: Not all programs are effective, or even credible.

BY Michelle Russell May 28, 2021

Behind the Conference That Opened Doors for Airbnb

How the Airbnb Open event, conceived as a ‘World’s Fair for Airbnb hosts,’ demonstrably accelerated the company’s growth.

BY David McMillin May 27, 2021

Helping the Earth and Creating Community One Tree at a Time

Treedom, an online company, has created a platform that makes it easy for organizations to engage in the serious work of battling climate change while creating economic opportunity

BY Barbara Palmer May 26, 2021

How the CDC’s New Guidance on Mask Wearing Is Impacting Events Professionals

In the latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard, planners and suppliers were divided about whether the new guidance for fully vaccinated individuals will translate into greater attendance at in-person events. But the majority of planners agreed that it wasn’t making planning those events any easier.

BY Michelle Russell May 26, 2021

5 Ways Bystanders Can Respond to Harassment

With anti-Asian American racism on the rise, Hollaback!, a nonprofit organization fighting harassment of all kinds, has seen a big uptick in requests for corporate training, and offers these tips on how to safely intervene when you witness such confrontations.

BY Barbara Palmer May 26, 2021

Can Events Serve a Balanced Diet of Safe F&B and Sustainability?

When Sodexo and Centerplate conducted an online survey in November 2020, they asked 202 event and meeting planners what they value when it comes to food and beverage in the

BY Jennifer N. Dienst May 25, 2021

Hybrid Events Expected to Double in 2021

A new GBTA study finds that hybrid will reign supreme for corporate meetings and small in-person meetings will soon make a full comeback.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst May 25, 2021

Remembering George Floyd

What comes next for Meet Minneapolis, says CEO Melvin Tennant, is being built on a foundation of equity.

BY Barbara Palmer May 24, 2021

PCMA APAC Survey Results: Business Events Recovery to Start Locally

Nearly one-third of business events professionals doing business in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia said that they are unable to estimate in-person registration numbers for an event this year until they get closer to its planned date — and more than one-third are making the go/no-go decision on an in-person event in 2021 within two months of the event date.

BY Michelle Russell May 24, 2021

The Upsides and the Downsides of Connecting Digitally

Marissa King, an expert on social networks and connections, talks to Convene about what the pandemic has done to our professional networks and how the move to digital might impact our connection in the future.

BY Barbara Palmer May 24, 2021

Solving for Digital Speakers

Just as speakers need to engage online audiences in different ways than they would connect with an in-person audience, event organizers need their speaker agreements to cover all kinds of virtual scenarios. Here’s a tool that takes the guesswork out of those agreements.

BY Michelle Russell May 24, 2021

Where Did All the Entry-Level Jobs Go?

Nearly 40 percent of recent graduates are underemployed, in large part due to growing skill requirements for entry-level workers.

BY Casey Gale May 20, 2021

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