Angela Tupper
Angela Tupper is the Branded Content Editor for Skift Meetings. She has been reporting on both event industry news and event technology for the last four years. Angela’s background includes a combination of writing, editing, marketing, and teaching roles, as well as hands-on experience with association events. With an interest in all topics related to events, she is keen to learn more from industry professionals. She currently calls Montreal, Canada, her home city.
Event Management
How the New Work-From-Home Culture Will Challenge Event Planners
The rapid shift to virtual events has revolutionized the way event planners operate in 2021, but what of the parallel shift to working from home? In many ways, remote working itself has had a marked effect on how (and how well) planning teams operate.
Industry News
Mass Antigen Testing Programs Could Mean Progress Towards In-Person Events
We recently covered a tightly controlled rapid-testing experiment in Barcelona, and similar initiatives are taking place in New York State, the UK, Canada, and Austria. If these real-world pilot projects work, will events have a model for reopening?
Industry News
Will Hybrid Formats Reshape the Future of In-Person Events?
As the pandemic lingers, event planners will have to rely on hybrid models to boost attendance numbers, but what will that mean for the in-person experience?
Industry News
Promising Data from Rapid Testing Study Could Offer Events a Way Forward
In September 2020, EventMB reported on an innovative event bubble that used rapid testing to screen guests. The idea has since taken off, and a controlled experiment was even done at a Barcelona concert. What have we learned so far?
Destinations
Can Event Destinations Drive New Business by Hosting Sport Bubbles?
The NBA made headlines with its 2020 sporting bubble held in Florida’s Disney World, and now the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships has just secured a deal to host its 2021 games in Indianapolis. Is there an opportunity for destinations to rebrand as sporting hubs?
Industry News
Will Doctors' Preferences for Virtual Events Stifle Live Events Later?
Events need to be planned long in advance, but the pandemic has made it difficult to predict what will happen from one day to the next. If anyone has their ear to the ground, it’s doctors — and a recent survey asked them for their opinion on events.
Industry News
How to Cope with Health and Safety Violators at Events
Even as the first vaccine programs roll out, Covid continues to loom large as a public health threat. While in-person events may become increasingly possible, it is still too early to abandon safety guidelines. But what is the best way to enforce these rules?