It doesn’t matter where you are in the world — the skills to successfully put on a digital or hybrid event transcend cultural boundaries. The only limitation? Your imagination. When COVID-19 shut the world down, the event industry was one of the hardest hits.
The Incentive Research Foundation recently published a white paper summarizing facilitated conversations among incentive travel professionals who met in April in The Palm Beaches. Here’s a recap.
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.
You should be cultivating influencer marketing to promote participation at your next event. Here’s how.
Fifteen months into the pandemic, some event marketers are still struggling to achieve similar results from their digital events as their previous in-person versions, according to a study from videoconferencing company BlueJeans.
Tools like Interprefy — which works with video-conferencing platforms like Zoom to offer participants real-time language interpretation — are helping to encourage conversations and create more value for attendees of online events.
Unpredictable airfares, fluctuating entry restrictions, and rental car shortages are just a few of the challenges facing travelers right now, according to travel writer Peter Greenberg, who spoke at Destination International’s recent CEO Summit.
Join us in this interactive “Ask-Me-Anything” virtual session and get honest answers straight from PCMA leaders Kirsten Olean and Sherrif Karamat. As the business events industry takes on an ever accelerating pace, leverage on their insights to give yourself a competitive edge in this rapidly evolving world.
Convene checked in with two associations that produced digital events in 2020 to learn what they are doing differently this year. One leaned into interactive online opportunities for participants while the other went from complimentary registration to an “attainable” pricing model.
A recent Stanford Social Innovation Review article takes apart the notion that it’s more difficult to find qualified Black professionals than white professionals.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum (ECEF), but in many respects, ECEF 2021 — making its debut as a hybrid event — will
Virginia Beach might be known for its oceanfront, but there’s more than 35 miles of sandy beaches awaiting guests in Virginia’s most populous city. Planners and their attendees will find
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