You can plan all the in-person meetings you’d like, but if corporate travelers are unwilling to travel, success will be impossible. Fortunately, sentiments are evolving rapidly as vaccinations and testing instill confidence in the idea of getting...
Besides growing Marriott into the world’s largest hotel company, he oversaw initiatives that benefitted employees as well as people outside the company.
Through technology, facilities, and advocacy, the meetings and events industry is helping to get Covid vaccines in the arms of Americans.
An expert on meetings-industry legal questions unpacks the potential issues around requiring a negative Covid test or vaccination.
At this point, only 9 percent of companies plan to require Covid vaccines for business travelers, though a lot of uncertainty remains.
U. of Wisconsin will be first private customer. Could meeting groups be next?
Airline-industry analyst Robert W. Mann predicts when planners are likely to see service-capacity increases.
Could Covid-specific clauses in 2021 contracts narrow a meeting host’s rights rather than expand them? That’s the concern of industry attorney Barbara Dunn.
This year’s legislative priorities will be focused on enabling businesses to reopen—things like event-cancellation insurance and liability protection—says Freeman’s Sue Sung.
Planners need to create a “resilience toolbox” to meet new safety standards, says risk-management expert Brenda Rivers.
