Meetings Today’s Tyler Davidson sat down with Fiona McPherson, vice president of business development and sales for etc.venues, a 30-year-old, U.K.-based non-residential conference center operator that just opened a third location in Manhattan.
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.
Conference centers may be a barometer for the return to in-person business, and Philadelphia’s Quorum conference center is seeing organizations return, with an emphasis on hybrid meetings.
The conference center segment is well positioned to capture business from organizations that want to get their teams and members back together—or onboard new employees following major staffing disruptions—following more than a year of remote operation.
As some government regulations are still intact around the country to curb the size of meetings in response to COVID-19, smaller meetings—sometimes held in multiple rooms or locations—are becoming an appealing choice for planners.
CAESARS FORUM was one of 2020’s highly anticipated openings, but, like so many others, its plans were thwarted by the COVID-19 crisis. In October, the venue opened its doors at last. Get all the details.
The Austin Convention Center is one of the latest venues in the country to earn the cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease outbreak prevention accreditation. See what other facilities are on the list.
Out of necessity, the Census Bureau has been gathering small groups during the coronavirus pandemic, following strict protocols, for face-to-face training meetings. Read how they did it.
