Mental Health and the Business Events Industry
In Convene's latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey, we asked planners and suppliers to share how two-plus years of working during the uncertainties of the pandemic has affected their wellbeing.
Survey Finds the Push for In-Person Events Brings Fresh Challenges
Convene’s latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard responses indicate that planners are organizing more in-person-only and hybrid events in the coming months than in our previous survey, but they are finding it more difficult than ever to estimate attendance and to budget for them with escalating costs.
Providing Attendees with Transcripts for Online Events
What considerations do planners need to take in order to provide attendees with accurate and accessible transcripts of online events? A recent conversation on Catalyst discusses the details.
Event Professionals Press Forward
The latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey results reveal that planners and suppliers feel more hopeful as they face COVID’s latest variant — and that planners are less inclined to cancel their upcoming in-person events than they were when in the throes of the Delta variant.
Planners Take a ‘Wait-and-See’ Approach to Omicron
The latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey results reveal that planners and suppliers feel more hopeful as they face COVID’s latest variant — and that planners are less inclined to cancel their upcoming in-person events than they were when in the throes of the Delta variant.
DMOs Take on an Expanded Role
The pandemic has given CVBs a fresh opportunity to partner with economic development agencies to benefit their destinations in the short- and long-term.
New Roles, New Platforms in the New Workplace
The pandemic has remade the workforce experience, ushering in new roles, responsibilities, and tech solutions to meet hybrid workplace demands.
How Convention Centers Are Incubating Events Industry Recovery
Convention centers around the world have repurposed their facilities to meet the needs of hybrid and virtual events — and the Palais des congrès de Montréal is tapping into the future of events in a different way.
8 Reasons to Gather at In-Person Events
Recent research indicates that events can be held safely in person if COVID-19 protocols are in place.
Survey Shows That Business Events Professionals Are Less Anxious
The latest COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard Survey results are a mixed bag — events industry professionals say they are feeling less anxiety, but more report feeling burned out. Nonetheless, they’re hanging in there and setting their sights on more in-person and hybrid events in the first half of 2022.
How This Planner Repurposed an Event to Benefit Essential Workers
Rather than write a “big check” to a hotel for a canceled event, this planner invited local “COVID essential heroes” to fill the attendees’ spots.
