#DontCancelPostpone

A new Incentive Research Foundation white paper finds that safety is a top priority for post-pandemic programs. Results of a research study published last month by the Incentive Research Foundation suggests that planners are mindfully...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who will be chief medical adviser to President-Elect Joe Biden, told Newsweek Magazine that it’s possible that COVID-19 vaccines will become mandatory in order to travel to other countries.

The Events Industry Council has released the Resources for Destinations Accepted Practices Guide for Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) and Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs).

Costa Rica, a popular incentive destination, has announced that residents of six U.S. states will be permitted to enter the country by air as of Sept. 1, 2020.

Due to health and safety conditions improving in some countries and deteriorating in others, the U.S. State Department is moving away from a generalized travel advisory against international travel and returning to its previous system of providing travel advice specific to individual countries.

In these times of COVID-19 uncertainty, planners are becoming more reluctant to commit to long-term hotel contracts due to the chance of cancellation.

Julie Blank, Director, Strategic Accounts, Brightspot Incentives & Events, offers her insights about the impact COVID-19 has had on incentive travel.

A large-scale trade show, one of the first since the COVID-19 pandemic, has taken place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

Prevue has turned to the experts in the meetings and incentives industry for their predictions of how the pandemic will reshape the landscape.

Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of ALHI, weighs in on what meetings and incentives will look like post-COVID-19 in both the short and long term.

“Our goal is to create a live experience, rich in education and connection, that people feel comfortable about attending in person, while we stay intensely focused on the duty of care of delivering a safe, secure and healthy environment—as well as also offering a high-quality streaming option for those who want to attend virtually.”

Industry insiders agree that the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has changed the meetings and conventions industry irrevocably and will result in a new normal.

As the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic spreads, this mantra echoes throughout the industry, “Postpone, Don’t Cancel.”

Moving or canceling your meeting in these times is no simple matter. Industry attorney Jonathan Howe, Esq., offered some words of wisdom.