IACC External Meetings Demand Report 2022

of meetings, they attended pre, during, and after COVID-19 the most chosen option was small meetings with less than 50 attendants across all three time periods. It, therefore, seems the pandemic has not had a significant effect on the frequency and size of in person meetings, but it did impact the reasons for meetings in-person.

Team Building meetings are most suitable in-person

The respondents were asked to determine how suitable different types of meetings are to be held online or in-person. From the results, it can be seen that team-building meetings were voted as most suitable in person by 68 out of 81 responses. Training was voted by 46 out of 83 respondents as suitable in person as well as virtually. Most respondents do not feel the need to be in-person for status update meetings, 35 out of 83 respondents voted for this to be mostly suitable virtually. In order for venues to attract more clients, they could adapt their services and facilities to accommodate more team building and onboarding meetings. This means creating a space where connecting and engaging with each other is the main focus point.

Kind of Meetings

Most Chosen Option

Fraction of total respondents

Decision making meetings

mostly suitable in-person

33 out of 83

Problem solving

mostly suitable in-person

37 out of 83

Information sharing meetings

suitable in person as well as virtually

32 out of 83

Innovation meetings

mostly suitable in-person

41 out of 83

Team building meetings

mostly suitable in-person

68 out of 83

Status update meetings

mostly suitable virtually

35 out of 83

Recruiting of potential staff

suitable in person as well as virtually

33 out of 83

Onboarding for new staff

mostly suitable in-person

46 out of 83

Conventions

suitable in-person as well as virtually

30 out of 83

Conferences

suitable in-person as well as virtually

28 out of 83

Exhibits

mostly suitable in-person

38 out of 83

Trainings

suitable in person as well as virtually

46 out of 83

Table 8: Distribution of respondents per kind of meeting.

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