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Whittlebury Park reports surge in demand for corporate events

Prestige Events Magazine

This figure is just two per cent less than enquiries from the same period in 2019, pre-pandemic. Around a quarter of these are short-lead, for events taking place within six weeks’ time, which is four times the rate of short-lead bookings taken in 2019. Over 70 per cent of enquiries were from new clients.

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Denzil Rankine: ‘We Have an Extraordinary Journey in This Industry’

PCMA Convene

So, we have an extraordinary journey here in this industry that was 2-percent digital at the time of us writing this book — in 2019, the events industry was 2-percent digital. What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? That’s a massive amount. And I’ve mentioned this.