Planners and Suppliers Revise Revenue Loss Expectations
As the pandemic wears on, planners and suppliers are more clear-eyed about its economic repercussions — but still uncertain of how to best plan for events in 2021.
Measuring what matters to the meetings industry, including our own meetings market, salary, and special-topic surveys. Plus ideas and innovations applied to the meetings industry, from authors and speakers working in a variety of fields.
Starting the Recovery Discovery Journey for the Business Events Industry
Industry leaders from across the globe came together to identify common challenges and a path toward recovery in partnership with PCMA. Explore the insights that led to the three questions that ground our efforts to serve the industry.
Convene Salary Survey 2020: Before COVID-19
The picture of a vibrant, healthy business events industry portrayed by more than 600 respondents to this year's survey before COVID-19 stands in stark relief to the uncertain reality many currently face. The results serve as a kind of optimistic benchmark: a level to return to as the industry resets and recovers.
PCMA COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Results, Survey 4
Insights from our latest survey — conducted May 18-21 — on how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing business events professionals’ roles and how they envision future events.
PCMA COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Results, Survey 3
Insights from our latest survey — conducted May 4-7 — on how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing business events professionals’ roles and how they envision future events.
Transform Your Team for Digital Events
The demand for digital events is higher than ever — and so is the pressure to get them just right. Here's how your existing team can use their knowledge and skills to pivot to a virtual experience:
Will More Planners Work From Home in a Post-COVID-19 World?
Respondents to Convene’s Annual Salary Survey in February — before public health restrictions forced most workers to work from home — said having the flexibility to work remotely was high on their wish list.
Medical Event Planners Share Their Challenges and Plans During the Pandemic
A small survey of 54 medical meeting planners — the majority of which organize a live annual meeting that draws more than 1,000 attendees — weighed in on how they are handling those events and the prospect of going virtual during the COVID-19 crisis.
PCMA COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey Results
Insights from our latest survey — conducted April 20-23 — on how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing business events professionals’ roles and how they envision future events.
Survey Results: How Is COVID-19 Changing the Business Events Industry?
Full results of the PCMA Convene survey conducted the first week in April among more than 1,000 event organizers and 500-plus suppliers reveal that both groups have similar expectations when it comes to potential attendees’ appetite for travel once the worst of the pandemic is over.
COVID-19 Impact on Events Research: Top-line Results for Suppliers
A majority of suppliers report adverse effects on their employment, but some are optimistic about events picking up again this summer. More expect uncertainty to continue for six months, with recovery beginning in September.
COVID-19 Impact on Events Research: Top-line Results for Planners
Nearly 90 percent of planners have canceled or postponed an event, and seven out of 10 have moved an event online because of the pandemic. Here’s what planners are thinking about what comes next and what to do now.