While the resort destinations of Kaanapali, Kapalua, and Wailea have avoided damage, transportation routes and tourism vendors in nearby Lahaina will be greatly affected for the foreseeable future.
Natasha Richards and a new Impact business unit will oversee environmental, social, and governance strategy at IMEX Group, parent company to two leading trade shows in the business-events industry.
Changemaker Jason Dunn Sr., co-chair of the Events Industry Council’s Equity Task Force, led a research effort looking at the DEI experience of meeting professionals. The next step: corrective solutions.
A May meeting of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology was disrupted by an assault on a panelist, reminding planners of their critical risk-management responsibilities.
A veteran security consultant says that planners should implement many of the same protocols used for executive-level events across all their meetings.
For one association’s planning team that uses cameras to watch over event spaces during its annual meeting, an on-site incident suddenly changed the mission of the surveillance from quality control to crisis management.
The organization, formed in 1997 as a safety net for people in the events, meetings, and catering industries, continues to raise funds—and hopes—during tough times.