In-person events have made a big comeback. They offer a unique opportunity to establish personal connections with customers and partners. That’s why it’s more important than ever before for the event planner community to take a closer look at why people will attend face-to-face events in the future. According to the Future Meeting Space Final ...

Every year, Encore surveys thousands of meeting and event professionals about meeting/event patterns and formats, how they spend their money and their biggest concerns. Individually, these quarterly Planner Pulse reports form snapshots of current industry trends. But taken collectively, we can begin to forecast where the industry is headed. Looking at the big picture painted ...

Humans are social by nature. We are inherently driven to connect and create moments of belonging. This is where in-person events shine — they satisfy this innate human need while fostering a sense of community. By bringing participants together, you enable engagement on various levels, whether through direct communication, nonverbal cues or even physical touch, ...

If you’re like most meeting and event organisers, you’ve produced at least one in-person event with virtual elements since March 2020. After the pandemic, some of your peers may say it’s a scenario they’ve become more comfortable with, but for some it’s still a complicated landscape. At Encore, we’re thrilled to see that in-person meetings are ...

Hint: It depends on how much time you have to plan. You may not have the luxury of a generous planning window to put together your next in-person event with virtual elements, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have options to bring people together in exciting new ways. In fact, a wealth of high-quality platform ...

The return of in-person events is a welcome change from the cloistered era of pandemic-induced, learn on the fly virtual event planning. But the rebound also added event planning stress to professionals, who — even before the pandemic — occupied a job that annually topped CareerCast’s list of “Most Stressful Jobs.” Thankfully, Encore offers resources ...

Moving forward, meeting and event professionals need to develop hybrid and virtual event strategies to complement their traditional in-person meeting and event strategy. It’s relatively new territory, but it doesn’t have to be a complex process. In fact, if you know the right questions to ask key meeting and event stakeholders, you can save you ...

Since the arrival of COVID-19, thousands of events have been postponed, cancelled, or moved to virtual platforms. While the vaccine has allowed many businesses to resume events and meetings as usual, breakthrough cases and the Omicron variant have continued to stall the ability for face-to-face encounters. So, what does all of this mean for the ...

January 2022 saw the in-person return of one of the most exciting technology symposiums, Consumer Electronics Show (CES). While there were notable last-minute exhibitor absences and 45k attendees vs the 170k that attended the 2020 show, a slightly subdued CES delivered an impressive lineup of tech that felt equal parts concept and market ready (per ...