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Cisco Shows How to Party Online
Wondering how to help your attendees celebrate while they’re sitting at their computers? The closing festivities of Cisco Live offered some inspiration.
What Will the Hotels in Your Room Block Look Like in the Future?
COVID-19 is forcing hotel properties to rethink the guest experience. Here’s a preview of three differences you and your attendees will find during your next stay.
Four Workplace Changes That Need to Stick Around After COVID-19
While he says he “never would’ve wished for a pandemic to be the catalyst,” business professor Jason Wingard thinks it has accelerated important workplace shifts that should be foundational to the future of work.
Planning In-Person Exhibitions During COVID-19: ‘Tough Times for Us All’
In a recent intimate exhibition industry conversation, organizers discussed what measures they would consider putting in place to protect the safety of their participants, and what cities they thought were best prepared to host them later this year.
National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals’ Virtual Event Uplifts Spirits During Pandemic
The National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals recently hosted the Be Inspired Speaker Series: A Night at the Museum, a five-night virtual event that showcased African-American achievements through the lens of five different cultural institutions dedicated to the Black experience in America.
What We’ve Learned About the Value of Digital Events
Entrepreneur Xiaoyin Qu, the co-founder of the event-tech startup Run the World, shares how organizers are getting savvier about ways to provide engagement, revenue, and connection online.
Hamilton Hotel Employees Work From Home — and Learn
Instead of layoffs and furloughs, one Washington D.C. hotel is offering its employees online training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual Pride Events Will Focus on Black Lives Matter
Organizers of Pride virtual events this month say the social unrest and protests over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black people by the police will be an important part of their message and programs.
Larry Alexander, CEO of Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, Announces Retirement
Larry Alexander, president and CEO of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB), has announced his intention to retire, effective December 31, 2020.
2 Things Event Organizers Can Learn from Air Travel During the Pandemic
I boarded a plane last week for the first time in four months. Here’s what I think event organizers can take away from my experience.
How One Virtual Fundraising Event Made Socializing a Priority
Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas used Zoom breakout rooms to replicate the experience of sharing a table with others at a gala — and the virtual event ended up exceeding an ambitious fundraising goal.
Black CVB Leaders Write an Open Letter to Colleagues
This week, black industry leaders representing destinations around the United States released an open letter to their colleagues and the world reflecting on systemic racism in the travel industry and beyond.