Articles tagged “bizzabo”

Virtual events don't seem to be cutting it anymore in the emerging, post-pandemic world, but business travelers should think twice before throwing away their headsets.

When one of event tech’s largest providers makes the difficult decision to cut almost a third of its staff it sends shivers down the spine of everyone working in the sector.

Rather than buy technology, the agency’s meeting division has struck a new type of commercial deal with the fast-growing meeting software firm Bizzabo to tap into virtual meetings. A big bet that those meetings will be here to stay.

Bizzabo has acquired TeeVid, a little-known Israeli video production startup, to power its brand new video production suite. Video production is a top priority for all major virtual and hybrid event platforms, yet Bizzabo claims its approach is different.

Event tech companies have to deal with the reality that events are very personal, often making it hard to gather and analyze data on attendees. An all-in-one software platform might help.

Events are held for a reason: Companies know that face-to-face interactions and in-person experiences are vital for business. The only problem is that those things are notoriously hard to measure.

Many event tech providers have created platforms in recent years to offer planners a set of tools with unified access to data. As the industry embraces analytics and artificial intelligence, providing useful insights that empower decision makers, platforms will likely take on bigger importance.