Prevue Meetings & Incentives

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.

Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO, Meeting Professionals International offers his insights on what meetings will look like in a post-COVID-19 world.

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COVID-19 has resulted in a virtual world where we meet, conduct business, socialize, and undertake contract negotiation online.

Vice President Mike Pence participated in a roundtable discussion today at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando about reopening Florida.

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Brad Dean, CEO of Discover Puerto Rico, a country known for its resiliency offers his predictions for a post-Coronavirus COVID-19 world.

The Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is impacting airlines and airports, just look at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

"We're too hung up on when are we allowed to meet again when the conversation should be about when attendees will feel comfortable."

Even though the scale of this obstacle is the biggest some of us have ever dealt with, it is our nature as event organizers to try to figure it out. 

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has unveiled a range of new global WTTC safety guidelines to restart the sector.

In an effort to help New York City focus on post-COVID-19 recovery, NYC & Company, the official destination marketing organization and convention and visitors bureau for the five boroughs of New York City, has created The Coalition for NYC Hospitality & Tourism Recovery to figure out the new normal and how the city can safely reopen its doors.

As the meetings and incentives industry claws back in a post-COVID-19 world, experts agree that regional meetings will come back first.