By R.V. Baugus When Zane Collings, Assistant General Manager of the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., managed by ASM Global, thought back to the last event held in 2020 at his venue, he had to pause before answering. After a few seconds, Collings recalled that it w

By R.V. Baugus and ISSA From Los Angeles to New Orleans, several convention centers and lodging facilities across the United States have recently secured GBAC STAR™ facility accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA. By providing third-pa

By Barbara Palmer Masks top the list of what event participants look for in event-safety guidelines, a new survey reveals — but trust in the behavior of other event participants is sharply divided. Nearly 40 percent of respondents to a Destination Analysts survey ranked mask requireme

By R.V. Baugus Seems like either yesterday or a year ago (depending on my frame of mind any given day) that I blogged about the unheard of move of the Ivy League canceling its 2020 spring sports schedule. That announcement in early March seemed like the most radical, extreme idea I ha

By Mary Tucker The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released the results of its latest poll tracking the impact COVID-19 is having on the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry during a recent free webinar. “The persistence of COVID-19 and the uncertainty of