Our Top 10 Stories of 2022
2022 was a year full of challenges, from a COVID surge at the beginning, to supply chain issues, a labor shortage and ending with inflation.
COVID Policies Loosening in Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong
Japan and Hong Kong have announced significant changes to their arrival policies—though in one case it is likely not enough to attract meeting groups.
Canada Drops Vax Requirement
Canada has announced that vaccination and masking requirements are going away this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.
Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Easing COVID Guidelines
Cruise lines continue to ease up on their COVID guidelines, opening the way for unvaccinated passengers to cruise as well.
Best Practices: COVID Duty of Care, Part 2
Best practices tips for attendees to stay healthy and safe and for planners to avoid liability at meetings and events.
Meet Well Sets the Standard for Healthy Meetings
Prevue's Meet Well Summit, held last week at Lake Nona Wave Hotel, was part wellness retreat, part information-sharing.
One Chef’s Take on Creative Group F&B
David Skorka, senior executive chef at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, has a fresh take on group F&B.
COVID Duty of Care Part 1: Foodservice
Covid food safety tips from Attend Safe's Amanda Schleede at Prevue's "Today's Duty of Care" Webinar.
Do Meeting Planners Need to Worry About Monkeypox?
Now that the Biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, do meeting planners need to worry?
Testing is Key for Duty of Care at Meetings
Attend Safe CEO Amanda Schleede shares tips on what planners need to know to ensure safe events.
Cruise Lines Shift Safety Policies As CDC Stops Reporting Cases
After two years of tracking COVID cases on cruise lines, the CDC has ended its cruise line-specific reporting program—and in response, many lines have immediately started loosening COVID protocols.
Is It Time to Mask Up Again?
Once again, meeting organizers are considering—and sometimes reinstating—mask requirements to combat the highly contagious BA.5 variant.
Meetings Etiquette for Post-Pandemic Events
Here are expert tips to meet the meeting etiquette needs of post-pandemic events.
Testing is the Best Defense Against BA.5
With BA.5, a planner's only defense these days is testing, overtaking proof-of-vaccination as a way to ensure attendee health and safety.
