Will Meetings and Events Prices Ever Come Down? Maritz' Steve O'Malley Discusses Major Industry Trends

Where are meetings and events at in the great post-shutdown
recovery? Who is winning the force majeure battle? Are room rates
and other meeting component prices going to ease up anytime soon?
And what does it mean when someone says that attendees should
design meetings?


Meetings Today’s Tyler Davidson caught up with Maritz Global
Events Enterprise Vice President and COO Steve O’Malley at IMEX
America 2022 to see what the global meetings and events
juggernaut is noticing take shape regarding key industry issues.


O’Malley and his team are seeing organizational values such as
sustainability and DEI stressed in RFPs, and data privacy is once
again rising to the fore. And what about attendance levels? Will
we ever get back to “normal?”


You’ll have to hear what O’Malley reveals to get the answers.