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Welcome to the Fall 2021
Meetings Outlook Report

The latest results show slight weakening or uncertainty compared to this summer—although the projections remain overwhelmingly positive for most tracked metrics.

Business conditions

Across the board for most of Meetings Outlook’s evergreen questions, the latest results show slight weakening or uncertainty compared to this summer—although the projections remain overwhelmingly positive and are better than spring 2021 metrics. Notably, 79% of respondents project favorable business conditions over the next year, notably higher than results from last fall when 58% of respondents projected a positive future.

Market landscape

As has been explored in Meetings Outlook reports over the past two years, a strong seller’s market pre-pandemic quickly transformed into a strong buyer’s market. Now we’re back in the middle, waiting to see if, when and how it’ll tip.

Vaccine adoption grows

Nearly half of respondents (47%) say their organizations already or soon will require staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s up significantly from the 19% who said the same in the spring. Meanwhile, 41% of respondents say their organizations currently or soon will require that in-person attendees be vaccinated.