More than 600 planners and suppliers who participated in PCMA Convene’s latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard survey shared how the Delta variant has changed their perspective on the industry’s recovery and their plans for upcoming events.
PCMA Convening EMEA keynoter and innovation expert Howard Yu recommends that planners look at adjacency markets and direct-to-consumer approaches to future-proof their events in an uncertain world.
PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat, CAE today announced a new and expanded leadership structure that reflects the association’s continued transformation toward the global leader in the business events industry and supports the business events communities throughout the APAC, EMEA and LATAM regions.
A monthly virtual gathering for the PCMA EMEA community to share regional updates and make business connections. This event is open to the entire EMEA business events community.
In the latest Business Events Recovery Dashboard, planners and suppliers are divided on whether the recent CDC guidance on vaccinated people going mask-free will result in higher attendance at in-person events. But they are both focusing their efforts on creating new business models that work in the current events environment.
Most of the 170 business event professionals in the EMEA region who responded to a recent PCMA survey conducted in April 2021 work for a CVB/DMO (22 percent), with an equal 17 percent employed by an association or identifying as a PCO/meeting planner, and another 15 percent who work for a hotel or venue.
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.
The PCMA leadership team are excited to share with you the strategy, vision, and future growth plans for the EMEA region.
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.
A monthly virtual gathering for the PCMA EMEA community to share regional updates and make business connections. This event is open to the entire EMEA business events community.
Convene’s latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard survey results demonstrate how suppliers and planners continue to factor all kinds of challenges into their plans for 2021 digital, in-person, and hybrid events.
The open platform started by the GCB German Convention Bureau in cooperation with PCMA and the IMEX Group crowdsources ideas to innovate the industry from within.