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Karin Roberts: Thu, Mar 24, 2022
Today’s workforce lives in a time of growing disruption and uncertainty, where the pace of change is only continuing to accelerate. We’re all being...
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Karin Roberts: Tue, Mar 22, 2022
The recovery of the exhibition industry is accelerating, with global show revenues expected to reach 71% of 2019 levels this year, according to the...
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Karin Roberts: Tue, Mar 01, 2022
Pandemic-related shifts in both company protocols and consumer behaviors have forever changed the ways in which we come together for industry events...
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Karin Roberts: Tue, Feb 08, 2022
The old adage of “the more things change, the more things stay the same” applies to a handful of industries, and the meeting/event planning business...
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Karin Roberts: Tue, Dec 28, 2021
In 2019, the business meetings industry attracted more than 81 million individuals in the U.S., and employed more than 6,650,000 people (which is a...
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Karin Roberts: Tue, Dec 21, 2021
Since March, the world has wondered when we can return to normal, including the tradeshows and exhibitions we’ve attended in the past—the way we’ve...
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Karin Roberts: Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Attendees are finding their seats in seminars again, and now it’s not just virtually. In-person meetings are back — but pulling them off in...
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Karin Roberts: Tue, Oct 26, 2021
In my blog post Can Events Be Sustainable In a Post-Pandemic World?, I talked about the many ways event planners can continue to follow green...
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Karin Roberts: Thu, Oct 14, 2021
Officials throughout the tourism, exhibitions, conferences and events sectors overwhelmingly applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement this...
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Karin Roberts: Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Last weekend, several major events, mainly along the East Coast, had to deal with an uninvited guest: Hurricane Henri. On Aug. 21 in Central Park,...