66.5% of eventprofs plan to use hybrid as their go-to format once in-person events resume.( Global Meetings & Events Forecast, 2021). 21% of eventprofs believe small and simple meetings will be the most common type of meeting held in 2021, in all formats (in-person, hybrid, and virtual), followed by internal meetings at 18%.

A further 20 percent are вЂњunsure.вЂќ ( FHTglobal, 2020)

61% of medical conference attendees would be uncomfortable traveling to the US to attend a medical conference in the first quarter of 2021.

Access to a vaccine is the biggest game changer for restarting live events, with 51% of planners noting this as the factor that would make them feel most confident in planning live physical events.

55% cited safety concerns as the biggest obstacle to hosting live events.

Safety continues to be the number one issue for event planners.

Most eventprofs believe that in-person events will return in the second half of 2021 - 30% are betting on Q3, while 27.5% believe they'll return in Q2.

30% of planners wouldnвЂ™t attend in-person meetings under any circumstances, and an additional 32.7% would attend only if the meetings were both small and local.

( Global Meetings & Events Forecast, 2021).Д®VENT INDUSTRY CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY STATISTICS

Globally, 67% of eventprofs are including explicit language around safety and security in their meetings and events policy.

58% to 67% of eventprofs are very likely or completely likely to address sustainability in their meeting plans for 2021.Streaming experiences can reduce total climate pollution from events by 60-98%.35-40% of events don't even have one Black speaker.99% of speaker panels are representative when it comes to the inclusion of female speakers, while the percentage of representative speaker panels in terms of BIPOC and Black speakers is 86% and 67%, respectively.45% and 28% of event websites in North America and Europe, respectively, included information about their diversity and inclusivity policies.The data, facts and figures EventMB has collected have been broken down to cover the following 10 essential areas:Д¬hapter 8: Event Management Company Statistics Whether the industry remembers it as a catalyst or catastrophe will largely depend on how event professionals adapt and navigate the uncertain times to come.ДЄs event professionals move forward and try to forecast the future of the industry, EventMB will continue to release research that takes the pulse of the industry, establishes benchmarks, and helps the industry to contextualize the changes and establish trends. For better or for worse, 2020 changed everything. The 2020 pandemic produced a revolution in the event industry that required planners to relearn and rethink everything from business models and sponsorship to event technology and content delivery. Do you know all the key statistics that will affect the way you create events? Here is a comprehensive collection of 100 key statistics for the event industry in 2021.

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