hybrid meetings
Does Your AV Partner Bring Broadcast Thinking, Digital Advances, and Immersive Innovations to Your Hotel’s Meetings and Events?
Mike Yearling | September 29, 2021
Here are five ways an AV production company with broadcast expertise can help hotels and convention facilities elevate virtual, hybrid, and live event experiences in today's new normal. By Mike Yearling As meeting planners continue pivoting from live events to virtual or hybrid, an interesting thing is happening; we're beginning to see hospitality AV in a new light — a bright one, driven by innovation. Today's hoteliers are looking beyond their own walls to help planners engage their audiences wherever they may be, onsite or remote. Rather than standing on the sidelines waiting for ballrooms to fill back up, operators are repositio...
Remote Work Trends: What Hotel Workspaces Can Offer Over Co-Working Offices
EHL | April 13, 2021
There was a time when working where and when you wanted was primarily limited to freelancers and digital nomads. But that was before the COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for new remote working trends. Since, the days of daily commutes to large open-plan offices with coffee corner chats and in-person team meetings have, for a large part of the workforce, been replaced by remote video meetings in improvised home-offices or coworking spaces. Working remotely has today become commonplace for many employees and is forecast to become more than just a passing trend. A shift accelerated by the global public health crisis and lockdown restrictions...
The Best of Both Worlds: Five Things to Consider When Organizing Hybrid Events
CWT | March 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021 - Throughout 2020, the world was inundated with Zoom meetings and virtual events to keep businesses operational – in-between getting our fresh loaves of sourdough out of the oven, of course. Being able to meet in person has been tricky with looming threats of continued virus outbreaks and little to no travel opportunities. So, what does 2021 have in store for corporate meetings and events? My guess is it’s going to be a big year for hybrid meetings. Even as face-to-face meetings gradually resume – as we are already seeing in some parts of the world – travel restrictions and various safety requirements will likely remain i...
Hybrid Meetings Impact on Group Business
Craig Jacobs | March 4, 2021
By Craig Jacobs Who could have predicted a year ago that Zoom would be a major disruptive influence in the Meetings Industry? Years of speculation about the threat to hotels from videoconferencing was much ado about nothing until the Pandemic. Now, conventional wisdom suggests that Hybrid Groups, which combine teleconferencing with person-to-person meetings, will be prevalent for the foreseeable future and a permanent part of the new normal. NEW PARADIGM, NEW CHALLENGES The same forces (perceived cost savings, enhanced convenience, health concerns,) that have exalted the benefits of working from home also wreak havoc on in-person eve...
Hybrid Meetings Impact on Group Business
Craig Jacobs | February 2, 2021
By Craig Jacobs Who could have predicted a year ago that Zoom would be a major disruptive influence in the Meetings Industry? Years of speculation about the threat to hotels from videoconferencing was much ado about nothing until the Pandemic. Now, conventional wisdom suggests that Hybrid Groups, which combine teleconferencing with person-to-person meetings, will be prevalent for the foreseeable future and a permanent part of the new normal. NEW PARADIGM, NEW CHALLENGES The same forces (perceived cost savings, enhanced convenience, health concerns,) that have exalted the benefits of working from home also wreak havoc on...
