Hurricane Ida tore through the Gulf Coast and then headed up the East Coast, causing a multitude of weather-based disasters like flooding and tornadoes. The weather event served as a reminder of the typical risks meeting planners were concerned about prior to the pandemic.
“Risk management is an ongoing process,” said Amy Calvert, CEO of the Events Industry Council. “COVID has put to the test these practices in ways we hadn’t imagined. [Recent storms are] a good reminder that there are all sorts of opportunities to apply this risk-management process to, to ensure we are creating safe and meaningful experiences for our communities.”
This summer, EIC released an updated Risk Management Guidebook to help meeting planners better assess the risks that might be associated with their meetings and create a plan to mitigate them. With the recent hurricanes and winter weather concerns coming up later this year, Calvert said it’s a good time to fully examine all risks associated with meetings—not just COVID-19 safety.
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