Throughout the world, COVID-19 has greatly impacted the business-to-business (B2B) exhibitions industry. CEIR has closely monitored the effects of the pandemic on the industry by tracking event cancellations and postponements. Below are resources contributed by the CEIR team that provides further insights as to the future of the B2B exhibitions industry.
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As forecast, the second half of 2021 marked the start of the recovery of the B2B exhibition industry. Though in December, Omicron surfaced and disrupted the momentum. Despite this, Omicron is different from Delta and business activities are not locking down as extensively as they did at the outset of the pandemic. The big question is, what does this all mean for the 2022 B2B exhibition industry schedule?
1) Be the first to learn the latest snapshot of the 2022 US B2B Exhibition Industry outlook per CEIR’s January Survey with US B2B Exhibition organizers, including:
2) Updated look at the CEIR Index scenario analysis – with forecasts for the US economy and the B2B exhibition industry will through 2023.
3) Updated forecast for COVID-19 in the United States in 2022 per John Cordier, CEO of Epistemix, with implications and considerations for event planning in 2022.
Moderator:
Cathy Breden, CMP-F, CAE, CEM, CEO, CEIR
Panelists:
Nancy Drapeau, IPC, Vice President of Research, CEIR;
Allen Shaw, PhD, President & Chief Economist, Global Economic Consulting Associates;
John Cordier, CEO, Epistemix
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CEIR released the results from the November 2021 COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Survey with US B2B Exhibition Organizers. Results include:
This important, relevant and timely discussion was presented by Nancy Drapeau, PRC, Vice President of Research, CEIR and Allen Shaw, PhD., President & Chief Economist of Global Economic Consulting Associates.
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CEIR released the results from the May 2021 COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Survey with US B2B Exhibition Organizers. Results include:
Cathy Breden, CMP, CAE, CEM, CEO – Center for Exhibition Industry Research moderated this important, relevant and timely discussion and presentation with Nancy Drapeau, PRC, Vice President of Research, CEIR and Allen Shaw, PhD., President & Chief Economist of Global Economic Consulting Associates.
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The full analysis slide deck includes further insights into the survey results and detail on Dr. Shaw’s updated three scenario analysis on expected outcome for US GDP and the B2B exhibition industry through 2023.
CEIR released the results of its tracker survey monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on the US B2B exhibition industry. Results assess the extent of impact on staffing and the 2021 event schedule including the rate of postponements, cancellations and events that remain on schedule.
Cathy Breden, CMP, CAE, CEM, CEO – Center for Exhibition Industry Research moderated this important, relevant and timely discussion and presentation with Nancy Drapeau, PRC, Vice President of Research, CEIR and Allen Shaw, PhD., President & Chief Economist of Global Economic Consulting Associates.
This webinar provided an economic update, key indicators to follow and possible scenarios for recovery of the economy and B2B exhibitions industry.
Updates to the findings, first released in April 2020, were presented in a webinar as well as new stats on how U.S. B2B exhibition organizers are making the decision to transform their face-to-face event to either a virtual or hybrid option.
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The CEIR Research team provided vital insights from the baseline survey fielded in April 2020 that were sent to U.S. B2B exhibition organizers.
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Future of COVID-19 Research: What’s Next?
CEIR is dedicated to providing relevant and timely information. A new survey on COVID-19 effects is currently being fielded. Keep a watch for updated results on key benchmarks and a deeper look at trends uncovered in these findings.
A Briefing on the Current U.S. Economic Environment (May 2021)
The U.S. economic recovery has been fast and furious. The strong underlying macroeconomic factors should lay a firm foundation of support to the B2B exhibition industry when state and local governments ease restrictions on group gatherings during the second half of 2021. CEIR Economist, Allen Shaw, Ph.D. shares an in-depth analysis on how the U.S. economic recovery can affect the U.S. B2B exhibitions industry.
COVID-19 Outlook: An Economist’s Perspective
With event cancellations and postponements, CEIR estimates the total loss to the U.S. economy to be $14 billion to $22 billion. However, since this is a transitory event, we expect a full recovery for the exhibitions industry in 2021.
A Note on Monitoring Total and New COVID-19 Confirmed Cases in the United States
The U.S. has surpassed mainland China in the number of total confirmed cases. Total confirmed cases will not reach a plateau in the U.S. until late April at the earliest.
Attendee matchmaking is more important than ever today. It was important prior to the pandemic to help assure attendees and exhibitors maximize their face-to-face (F2F) engagement at physical trade shows. Today, where most in-person events are paused and instead are happening virtually, meaningful F2F engagement is a major challenge. This study provides an understanding of attendee matchmaking pre-COVID as well as what organizers were looking for at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak.
