Planning and design

Hotel corridor

June 3, 2026How to negotiate a room block when you're unsure of numbersWant to get the best deals for your delegates? Hotel insiders share their top tipsRead More

Nostalgic drag: why were thinking too conservatively about meetings

August 20, 2020Nostalgic drag: why were thinking too conservatively about meetingsThe deprivations of Covid‐19 have generated a cloud of collective nostalgia, writes Martin Sirk, despite our awareness that the world has been changed utterly by the pandemic and its consequences.

Slow and steady: a closer look at the events recovery in Seoul

August 18, 2020Slow and steady: a closer look at the events recovery in SeoulMeeting organisers in Seoul are getting back to work – slowly but surely.

‘It felt good!’: The reality of getting face to face again

August 7, 2020‘It felt good!’: The reality of getting face to face againDavid Taylor, non-executive director at BCD M&E and the Exclusive Collection, gives an account of his first face to face meeting post-lockdown...

How to define your event format and maximise its effectiveness

August 3, 2020How to define your event format and maximise its effectiveness"Online is not a simple replacement for the real thing," says JTB Communication Design's (JCD) Kazuto Yoshii. " Think about the added value of a new event fusing both."

AIM Group International reveal six steps to planning successful virtual and hybrid events

July 29, 2020AIM Group International reveal six steps to planning successful virtual and hybrid eventsCongress, events and communication specialists, AIM Group International, have released a new whitepaper entitled: Virtual and Hybrid Events: a guide to success.

IACC launches strategies and advice guide on reopening venues

July 22, 2020IACC launches strategies and advice guide on reopening venuesIACC, the international association of conference centres, has published its ‘Critical Pathway to Re-opening’ guide.

After coronavirus: a new dawn for international associations

July 17, 2020After coronavirus: a new dawn for international associationsThe upheaval caused by COVID-19 presents international associations with a golden opportunity to influence policy and help shape a better future – but will they grasp it? By James Lancaster…

Insight: architects on Melbournes most flexible event space

July 15, 2020Insight: architects on Melbournes most flexible event spaceDesigners at NH Architecture, the firm behind Melbourne’s latest event space - CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park – have given an insight into the design process for the project.

Case study: Within several minutes we had 13 000 people engaged

June 24, 2020Case study: Within several minutes we had 13 000 people engagedThe American College of Cardiology was in the final stages of preparing for its annual congress in Chicago when the coronavirus pandemic laid waste to their plans. With just 15 days until the show was due to open, they decided to shift the entire event online. Janice Sibley, ACC Executive Vice...

If sponsored face masks are the new normal then count me out

May 4, 2020If sponsored face masks are the new normal then count me out‘The new normal’ has become one of the more irksome phrases to enter common parlance since countries began implementing lockdown measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.Show More