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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

I-Meet: Planners' Confidence in 2020 Meetings DimsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Planner confidence about the return of face-to-face meetings has darkened considerably in the past six weeks, according to i-Meet's weekly Planner... KEEP READING

MeetingsBooker.com Allows Venues to Add Covid-19 Safety Policies to ProfilesBy Donna M. Airoldi

Online simple meetings booking provider MeetingsBooker.com now will allow the more than 137,000 meeting spaces listed on its platform to add Covid-19... KEEP READING

Benchmark Relaxes Attrition, Cancellation Fees for New MeetingsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Hospitality company Benchmark has relaxed attrition and cancellation fees for new meeting bookings, the company announced, among a handful of moves... KEEP READING

I-Meet: Fewer Planners Anticipate Meetings Resumption by SeptemberBy Donna M. Airoldi

In i-Meet's latest Planner Confidence Index, fewer surveyed meeting planners anticipate face-to-face meetings will resume before autumn. ... KEEP READING

MPI Postpones World Education Congress to NovemberBy Donna M. Airoldi

Ending its hopes it still could stage its annual World Education Congress in person as originally planned from June 6-9 in Grapevine, Texas, Meeting... KEEP READING

I-Meet: Most Planners Anticipate Holding Meetings by SeptemberBy Donna M. Airoldi

About 54 percent of member planners surveyed this month by meeting planner network i-Meet believe they will be ready to resume operating face-to-face... KEEP READING

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