coronavirus

Glasgow venue SECC secures £196m in conference business

July 8, 2020Glasgow venue SECC secures £196m in conference businessThe Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has been securing new conference business during lockdown, in partnership with Glasgow Convention Bureau and the city’s academic institutions.

Paris announces Autumn reopening for linchpin business events

July 1, 2020Paris announces Autumn reopening for linchpin business eventsOne of Europe's largest venue operators, Viparis, is planning to reopen its doors to conferences, trade fairs, and exhibitions in September after losing some 300 events to the coronavirus lockdown.

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...

First details released of rescheduled IBTM Asia Pacific 2021

June 15, 2020First details released of rescheduled IBTM Asia Pacific 2021IBTM has announced the first details of its rescheduled IBTM Asia Pacific, which will take place from 13-14 April 2021 in Singapore, at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre.

Brave new world: five things to consider before going virtual

June 3, 2020Brave new world: five things to consider before going virtualIn this exclusive article for Association Meetings International, Jeanna Matthews, Crista Videira Lopes, and Benjamin Pierce, from the Association for Computing Machinery, take a high-level look at making the switch from in-person to virtual meetings….

Virtual reality: how to give sponsors what they want

May 28, 2020Virtual reality: how to give sponsors what they wantAngela Guillemet, executive director of INCON, the international network of congress organisers and association management companies, asks how to make online events work for sponsors…

Associations pool expertise in safety guide

May 27, 2020Associations pool expertise in safety guideThree of the meetings industry’s biggest associations have pooled their expertise to produce a how-to guide to creating safe environments for conventions and exhibitions.

New Christchurch venue ‘secures dozens of events’ during lockdown

May 27, 2020New Christchurch venue ‘secures dozens of events’ during lockdownDozens of new conferences have been booked into Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre during the coronavirus lockdown, according to the venue's general manager.

IFEMA designing ‘new normal’ for events targets Autumn reopening

May 20, 2020IFEMA designing ‘new normal’ for events targets Autumn reopeningIFEMA, the consortium behind Spain’s largest exhibition complex Feria de Madrid, wants to reopen in September and host more than 60 events in the last four months of the year.

Flexible mindset key to industry’s Covid-19 recovery says Cvent

May 12, 2020Flexible mindset key to industry’s Covid-19 recovery says CventEvent professionals will need to adopt a flexible mindset and be prepared to adapt and evolve their business practices in order to succeed in a post-pandemic world, according to Patrick Smith, senior vice president and CMO of Cvent.Show More