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ITA Group Partners with Eurofins for Health Testing for U.S. Corporate EventsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Global corporate events company ITA Group has partnered with Eurofins, a global environmental health testing company with 80 of its 800 laboratories in... KEEP READING

Hilton Launches New Meetings Cleanliness Program, Broadens Express AgreementsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Following other major hotel companies, Hilton Worldwide today unveiled a global cleanliness and customer service program for its meetings and events.... KEEP READING

Nearly Three in Four Polled Planners Anticipate Running Hybrid Events in 2020By Donna M. Airoldi

During a hybrid event on hybrid events hosted by Etc.venues and Glisser, 73 percent of more than 830 virtual attendees said that they were planning a... KEEP READING

Cvent Offering Free Training and CertificationBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meetings management technology company Cvent is offering its training programs and Cvent certifications for free to anyone in the industry, not just... KEEP READING

Survey: Most Planners Now Don't Expect In-Person Meetings in 2020By Donna M. Airoldi

Meeting planner confidence that face-to-face meetings will resume in 2020 significantly has dimmed over the past month, according to i-Meet's weekly... KEEP READING

Hotels Add New Meetings Sanitization ProtocolsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Along with new sanitization standards, several hotel companies are implementing new procedures and protocols around their meetings and events—for... KEEP READING

Meeting Space Provider Convene Adds Virtual ServicesBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meeting space provider Convene has launched a virtual meetings product that can support an unlimited remote audience as well as hybrid meetings, the... KEEP READING

Bizly Enhances Platform for Virtual and Hybrid Meeting PlanningBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meetings technology solution Bizly has expanded its platform to allow for planning virtual and hybrid meetings, particularly simple, self-service... KEEP READING

Study: Seven in 10 U.S. Attendees Prefer In-Person Over Virtual ConferencesBy Donna M. Airoldi

Virtual meetings may be replacing face-to-face ones for the moment, but that doesn't mean every attendees wants things to stay that way. About 72... KEEP READING

Business Travel By the Numbers

STR and Tourism Economics’ latest 2020 U.S. hotel forecast, issued in mid-May, offers a stark look at the catastrophic effect of the Covid-19 crisis on... KEEP READING

Informatica's Virtual Turn Doubles Meeting AttendeesBy Donna M. Airoldi

Data management company Informatica planned to host its annual Informatica World user conference May 18-22 at the Venetian Las Vegas, where it was held... KEEP READING

Meetingselect Unveils New Distance Seating FunctionalityBy Donna M. Airoldi

The Netherlands-based venue sourcing and strategic meetings management platform Meetingselect has released a "distancing seating" solution in response... KEEP READING

Aventri Integrates Virtual Meetings into PlatformBy Elizabeth West

Meetings technology provider Aventri will launch today a new virtual meetings offering. Unlike its previous third-party partnerships, this virtual... KEEP READING

Virtual Events Startup Run the World Raises $15 MillionBy Donna M. Airoldi

Online events startup Run the World, launched in late 2019, has raised $15 million in a Series A round, the company announced. This new funding adds to... KEEP READING

Cvent Laying Off 10 Percent of Worldwide StaffBy Donna M. Airoldi

Meetings management platform Cvent on May 21 began to lay off about 400 employees, or roughly 10 percent of its staff. The cuts were made globally,... KEEP READING

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