Meeting Planning Toolbox

Omni-channel designer? Technical event producer? A GMID session dives into the changing meetings-department landscape.

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic.

As of June 15, indoor gatherings can take place with participants wearing masks. Convention centers and other venues hosting 5,000 or more will need attendees to be tested or show vaccination proof.

Face masks make it tough to communicate. Planners can recommend a few tactics for attendees to counter the challenge, and also employ a few of their own.

The CDC has relaxed its Covid-19 guidance for vaccinated travelers, and that vaccination card is a valuable asset.

With in-person events on the horizon, IHG joins Accor, Hilton, and Marriott in facilitating testing set-ups for when attendees arrive each day.

The online platform harnesses the collective intelligence of planners, suppliers, academics, and others; it’s quickly grown to 350 members.