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A February “Stronger Together” joint trade show in Orlando was the first of its kind to trial an onsite testing program. Then news broke about a cluster of infections related to a much smaller testing bubble on the other coast. So how reliable is testing?

The pandemic has disproportionately disadvantaged women — and especially women of color. This is also true of events, where many have lost their livelihoods. In an industry where women make up so much of the workforce, why is there such a gender imbalance at the top?

Virtual events platform Hopin has announced another $400 million in funding. This takes its funding to $565 million to date with this round valuing Hopin at a staggering $5.65 billion.

A number of spanners have been thrown in the works for the recovery of the event industry in 2021. Vaccine rollouts have been slower than expected and new variants of the coronavirus may challenge our existing strategies for getting back to normal.

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The UK’s announcement of a staggered end to lockdown restrictions triggered a 600 percent increase in the country’s Ticketmaster sales last week. Concert-goers may have renewed confidence in future events, but how dependable is the projected timeline?

Video conferencing company Zoom has reaped the benefits of mandatory work-from-home orders and cancelled events throughout 2020. It just closed out a record fiscal year with its third straight quarter of over 300 percent growth.

Unusual, salient, sometimes provocative — this is what catches our attention, especially in the time of Zoom fatigue and information overload. The psychology of human behavior could be the key to more compelling events. 

E​ventbrite, the ticketing and tech platform, suffered a $225 million loss in 2020 despite still enabling 3.5 million virtual and live events during the pandemic's peak months, the company reported this week.