The hospitality industry is set for a rapid recovery from the depths of the pandemic, but the meetings segment is predicted to trail leisure in getting back to 2019 levels, according to hospitality data and analytics company STR.
Meetings Today touched base with Karthik Namasivayam, Ph.D., John and Becky Duffey Professor of Hospitality Business and Director about what he’s seeing in the hospitality industry career pipeline as the leader of one of the major hospitality education programs in the U.S.
After the need to pause on developments in some of the East’s busiest cities during the pandemic, guests can now take advantage of both new and upgraded properties in the region.
Garrett Ronan, U.S. chief operations officer for etc.venues, talks about post-pandemic meetings and conference center trends and the company's potential expansion plans in the U.S. after opening two New York City venues shortly before COVID-19 roiled the industry.
A pair of recent studies point to a rapidly rebounding meetings and incentives market as omicron seems to be on the retreat and attendees and organizations that plan meetings are ready to get back in the saddle.
Meetings Today reached out to a variety of meetings and hospitality leaders to get their take on whether there is an industry brain drain, and how to ensure the talent pipeline keeps flowing.
The results of Meetings Today's 2022 Meetings Today Trends Survey, which indicate a great deal of change in the meetings and events industry since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.