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2022 Conference Registration Pacing

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On average, associations are anticipating 2022 registration and revenue will be about 20 percent below pre-pandemic levels. It’s expected that meetings in Q3 or Q4 will outperform those held in the first half of this year. A lot of meetings operating in Q1 and Q2 ended up extending their early-bird deadlines multiple times.

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Skift Meetings’ Top News Stories of 2022

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Skift Take: Wrapping up an intense year filled with ups and downs, we share the most popular news stories published on Skift Meetings in 2022. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Free online Participate Lab — May 11, 2022

Conferences that Work

Hosted by CSAE Manitoba , this free one-hour online Participate Lab will introduce you to the design of participation-rich events through the direct experience of participatory meeting techniques and formats. Our time together at this Participate Lab will cover: Why creating participation-rich meetings is so important.

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Two novel hybrid meeting formats

Conferences that Work

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, Want to read my other posts on hybrid meetings?

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IMEX America 2022 Celebrates Meetings Comeback

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Skift Take: The 2022 edition of IMEX America sent a strong signal that the meetings and events industry is back and booming. Here are our takeaways from the show. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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The meeting industry new normal

Conferences that Work

Many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a meeting industry new normal. We want to believe that, at some point, in-person meetings like the ones we’ve held for decades will return. Such areas are already holding local in-person events, but safe inter-regional meetings are not possible.

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GBTA Reveals Domestic Meetings Spend in 2022

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economy in 2022. Meetings and events were a significant part of that. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: GBTA uncovers just how much business travel fueled the U.S.

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