Angela Tupper

ON24 beat earnings estimates for the fourth quarter in a row, but its revenue is down 2 percent year-over-year. With executives projecting that the first quarter of 2022 will bring a downturn, are their forecasts of an eventual return to long-term growth convincing?

An event industry survey suggests that neither exhibitor nor attendance numbers will make a full rebound this year, but one area is projected to exceed 2019 numbers: the sales pipeline attributed to events. How can B2B event planners keep up the momentum?

The recent Consumer Electronics Show had some of the most comprehensive health and safety measures ever provided by an event of its size. But CES' failure to report the number of Covid cases detected in Las Vegas is drawing criticism and raising an important question for planners about whether events have an obligation to report cases to the general public.

Over a 10-year period from to 2020, LinkedIn took its annual revenue from $243 million to $8 billion  — and it now boasts close to 800 million users. Now that it’s launching its own event platform. Will it quickly dominate the space?

CES is being held in person for the first time in two years, but the move is proving divisive. Critics have called for its cancelation while major exhibitors have pulled out — yet 40,000 to 60,000 visitors and over 2,200 exhibitors are voting yes with their feet.

The recent emergence of Omicron, a new Covid variant of concern, has sent shockwaves through global markets and led to the WTO conference being postponed days ahead of the planned meeting in Geneva. How concerned should event planners be?