Over 150 event planners & attendees will provide insight for event professionals in APAC MEA in this report to help them with ‘new normal’ of the meetings and events industry.

Source: www.cvent.com

Face-to-face marketing will return as we are able to travel and lodge safely. Virtual trade show attendance is very thin, sponsors are failing to deliver audience counts and thus value to exhibitors, and scheduling, timing and content has been poorly developed overall.

We believe a pivot to “curated events” in a hybrid-digital/in-person format is the workable future model. Sponsorship, attendance and promotional costs all must come down as the value-deliverable is not there for density, duration or quality of the engagement.

Traditional and direct financial institutions do well with websites and mobile apps but other factors impact loyalty and revenue far more.

Source: thefinancialbrand.com

With more customers using mobile banking services than ever before, financial institutions find connecting with customers more challenging. Emotion – feeling respected, appreciated, and valued – is a key driver of customer loyalty and revenue in banking.

Eventually we will have to go back to our offices. But how will work… work?

Source: www.fastcompany.com

Workers will undoubtedly need to return to our offices in the not-so-distant future, but how will it work? Commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield shares insights from its experience with getting Chinese companies back to work and thoughts on how these change may or may now work here.

Experiential retailer Camp is slowly getting back to business, but the company is taking a new approach to immersive retail.

Source: chainstoreage.com

Retailers everywhere will need to think outside the box to find ways for customers to safely interact with their brands. Learn how experiential brand Camp is updating the in-store and virtual experience without compromising the Brand.

As retail stores begin to reopen post-COVID-19, retail executives should keep in mind key considerations from a customer, associate, store, and operational perspective.

Source: www2.deloitte.com

Some insights to the challenges and opportunities faced by retailers as we re-open post-Covid. Omni-channel and integration are key concepts.

The most forward-looking healthcare providers may use this time preparing for the new normal and materially scale virtual health offerings in ways that create competitive advantage.

Source: www.mckinsey.com

In this excellent report from McKinsey Consultancy, the changes in healthcare – as a practice and a place – are laid out post-Covid.