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MARCH 4, 2020

By now you’ve heard of the novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV. And if you have an event coming up, you’re likely wondering how to respond — should you move forward with your event, postpone, or cancel? It’s a difficult situation to navigate. Before you make that decision, take a moment to review these recommendations. Stay informed […].

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

All applicants were evaluated based on their achievements to date, drive and ambition, and resilience in facing challenges. This year, the judges were especially impressed by how the winners are driving change and actively shaping a positive future for the industry.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

People in the UK spent £474 million celebrating Halloween in 2019, making it the nation’s top profit-generating holiday after Christmas and Easter. Halloween 2021 may be hurtling towards us but there’s still time to throw a spooktacular shindig. This is welcome news.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 23, 2025

F&B Products in Demand As of January 2025, food costs are up 18%, compared to 2019. Its not getting as expensive as quickly, but I think some planners have a challenge explaining that to stakeholders who are hearing that things are coming down. Egg supplies remain a concern, though Dominguez noted its not entirely due to bird flu.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 26, 2023

below 2019. The good news is that 2024 is expected to eclipse 2019 results by 3.6%. According to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), the business-to-business exhibition industry is still in recovery mode. The bad news is that full year performance for 2023 participation and revenues is expected to be 9.5%

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 14, 2024

It’s an incredible honor to have been recognized among the 100 most influential figures in our industry for four consecutive years (2019-2022). I’m excited to share that I’ve been nominated again for the Eventex Index as one of The Most Influential People in the Events Industry for 2024.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

That number is up from 79 million in 2019. Thats up 40% from 2022, but still about 15% below 2019 levels. Brand USA, a public-private partnership focused on increasing international travel, reported that in 2026, the U.S. Ferguson II, new Brand USA board chair and CEO of Destination DC. In Washington, D.C., million in 2023.

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Event Marketer

JULY 5, 2022

As Keyana Kashfi, Spotify’s global experiential content & production lead, put it, “2019 was very focused on sales meetings. From the Cannes Archives: Interactive Feature: Our Full Report on Brand Experiences at Cannes Lions 2019. The biggest structures you saw here [in our footprint] were three closed-door meeting rooms.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. That net income is often what funds an association’s year-round member programs and services.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Bonnaroo 2019: Five Brand Experiences That Caught Our Eye at The Farm. Take a photo tour of what’s new and different this year at New York’s homegrown festival. More Music Festival Strategies: Lollapalooza 2021: Good Vibes and Music Lovers Kick Off an In-person Festival Season. Featured photo credit: Bacardi.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Attendease has won Best Event Website/ Mobile Site in 2016 and Best Attendee Management Technology in 2019. This is the 8th edition of the Awards and it's the most important recognition awards in the event industry. The event Tech Awards Ceremony is part of the Event Tech Live - the world's leading event tech expo.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Opened in 2019, ICC Wales has already held many prestigious events including the UK Space Conference, the Royal College of Nursing Congress, and the National Association of Head Teachers Conference.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 27, 2020

The pricing and margins that facilities and suppliers enjoyed in 2019 will not fly in a world where conference organizers are only realizing 70% of their revenue goals. It’s unclear whether or not these occupancy and ADR recovery predictions include declines in group guestroom demand due to: reduced attendance (especially globally).

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In the February 2019 issue of Convene, I wrote about Why the Sustainability of the Trade-Show Business Model is in Question. While virtual platform solution providers tout improved behavioral data on attendees, booth visits and downloads, the quality of those interactions is not ringing the bell like the face-to-face experience.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Emile holds a CEM from the International Association of Exhibitions & Events (IAEE), seats on the IAEE Advisory Committee, was the 2019 Trade Show Manager of the Year (SMOTY) Award and was recognized in 2016 in the 40 Under 40 Next List by Connect. The post [WEBINAR]: Should You Move Ahead with Fall In-person Events?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. Why the Rapid Growth in International Travel?

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

Under his leadership, the hotel earned accolades including Seaside Hotel of the Year 2019, Best Hotel for Families 2020 in the Good Hotel Guide, and the prestigious Cond Nast Johansens Sustainability Award 2019 and Best Service Award 2022.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Seth Andrew stealing funds in November 2019 (photo obtained from bank surveillance footage by Melody Shen, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation).

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Our Enquiry Service and Venue Find service has gone from strength to strength and we have doubled our sales from 2019. These gatherings foster meaningful conversations and the exchange of valuable information among venue colleagues, helping us all stay at the top of our game.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 2, 2021

For some, it’s a return to business as usual, with the events looking and feeling as they did in fall 2019. 7 with a reduced field of 33,000 runners (some 53,000 runners finished in 2019) and proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test is required. Salesforce will present a very different Dreamforce this year.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2022

Attendees will not be motivated to save $100 for registering early when you have the same cancellation policy as 2019. You will receive more registrants in the last four weeks than ever before. Remove risk for early commitment. Consider changing your policy just for those who register before the early-bird deadline.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 30, 2024

And within the brand’s interactive timeline booth, which detailed its 10-year history, attendees encountered touchpoints like a 2019 vignette that invited them to ring a bell to receive a spritz of Watermelon Glow Ultra-Fine Mist from a mysterious gloved hand.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Bravo increased attendance from 10,000 attendees in 2019 to 30,000 this year. Indeed, this year’s iteration of BravoCon was transformed from a 10,000-person festival when the event launched in 2019 into a full-fledged fan con that drew 30,000 “Bravoholics” to the Javits Center to mingle with more than 100 cast members.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 25, 2022

We’ve known since mid-2019 that COVID-19 spreads by airborne aerosol transmission. Event professionals: it’s time to talk about COVID, duty of care, and the meeting industry. Actually, we should all have been talking about this for the last couple of years, but better late than never.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

30—up 13% from 2019, despite a cut in frequency by 10%. Isom stated that American will work to getting back to 95 to 100% of 2019 capacity next year. The airlines revenue rose to a record $13.46 billion in the three-month quarter ending Sept. Delta and United also reported similar gains.

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MAY 25, 2023

1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 6 in 2019 Similarly, San Diego was able to move to the No. 7 in the 2019 listing Interestingly, Las Vegas slid to No. While Orlando, Florida retained the number one spot in North America from 2019, both Nashville, Tennessee (No. 7) in 2019, respectively.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Dale Chihuly, Chandeliers, The Evelyn Room, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2019 © Chihuly Studio. The Boathouse , Dale Chihuly’s private working studio and Hotshop, is another venue that leaves attendees far beyond impressed. All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The last time Europalco created an event for the car manufacturer was in 2019, for its Clio R-Evolution Showsix years later, there were a lot more moving parts and event features made to engage.

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EventMB

JUNE 21, 2023

Rising crime, homelessness, and high prices mean events are far from returning to 2019 levels. Skift Take: As travel returns to almost all major U.S. cities, San Francisco is a notable exception. Miguel Neves and Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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MAY 26, 2023

Hoppers busiest airport data Travel agency Hopper ’s Memorial Day and Summer Travel research posts say that domestic airfare dropped 26% or $100 per ticket from 2022 and are a further 6% below 2019 levels. Hotel prices in the United States have dropped from 2022 down to $208 per night over Memorial Day Weekend, -6% from this time last year.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Despite the challenges faced by the industry, it is now sitting at levels similar to 2019, which is a drop from the unsustainable spike seen in 2022, itself attributed to pent-up demand in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. in Q1 of 2023, marginally exceeding inflation, according to the Event Economy Tracker by The Business of Events.

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EventMB

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Skift Take: According to Convene, spending on meetings and events has increased by 35%, while Knowland reports group revenue is at 103% of 2019 levels. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The third quarter during the summer months proved especially profitable with revenue generated per available room up by nearly $15 as compared to 2019. And music to the ears of meeting spaces and event venues is that event parking revenue is up 25% from 2019, which equals to all of 2019’s revenue in just the first three quarters.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Most Q3 and Q4, 2021 conferences are reporting attendance numbers that are 40 – 60% below 2019. Here are five of the top take-aways that can help other associations navigate their new journey. Increased and Transparent Communications. Events with greater international participation are seeing the steepest declines.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 15, 2022

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. For some of the major annual meetings we’re tracking, sponsorship revenue has been a bright spot when compared to exhibit revenue performance.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I first started looking at this for one specific client in 2018 or 2019. How are you crafting solutions to these challenges? BH [You have to ask] what the expectations are and what’s achievable. We wanted to start comparing hotels that the client was using.

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