#5: MICE Conversations. In this episode we talk with Chris Nolan and John Burke from venuesworld.com in Dublin, Ireland. venuesworld.com was founded in 2008 by Chris Nolan and John F. Burke. Their HQ is in Dublin with local offices around the world. Their mission is to help their clients deliver seamlessly executed events of the highest standard. They operate more than 1,000 corporate events and conferences annually for clients in various industries and regions.

More about Chris, John and venuesworld.com.
https://venuesworld.com/about-us/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-burke-23242117/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinanolan/
Email: [email protected]

Interview recorded Wednesday 14th April 2021 .

Topics and questions, timeline or video chapters.
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Chris. How are you both. How has COVID been for you, both from a personal and business perspective.
03:32 - John. Is there light at the end of the tunnel from where you are sitting?
06:17 - John. Is the future hybrid events? What about the increased costs associated with hybrid events?
08:01 - John. Has the industry changed? For example, RFPs, will they be simplified?
10:31 - Chris. Will events take place on a regional basis first, before we go fully global again?
12:33 - John. Are you seeing any trends? E.g. digitalisation and content.
14:39 - Chris. Will we travel less going forward. We will be more selective? Focus on quality.
16:35 - Chris. How do we navigate the new complexities around travel? Testing and green passports or certs look like they will be with us for some time to come. 
18:53 - John. Should we, as an industry, be questioning government policy or assisting govt. with opening-up plans for MICE.
22:30 - Outro.

This pocast is also available as a video, on the TravelMedia.ie YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/SwKcoUH4f5E

TravelMedia.ie run Ireland's only outbound MICE networking event, the MICE Meetup Dublin.
https://www.travelmedia.ie/mice-meetup-dublin/