In i-Meet's latest Planner Confidence Index, fewer surveyed meeting planners anticipate face-to-face meetings will resume before autumn. Two weeks ago, 54 percent said meetings would start again by September. For the week ending May 4, that figure is 47 percent.
More planners now believe meetings will begin again between October and December: 31 percent compared with 26 percent. About 13 percent expect they won't start before 2021, up from 11 percent two weeks ago. The percentage of respondents who are uncertain dropped from 10 percent to 9 percent.
Favorable cancellation and attrition terms remains the No. 1 factor, cited by 93 percent of respondents, that would influence a planner to plan future face-to-face events now, according to the survey. More than 58 percent projected that future meetings would have a virtual component, compared with 30 percent who were undecided.
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