Planners are anticipating corporate events to make a big comeback. While some workers are turning down five days a week in the office, conferences and meetings give people the chance to get a taste of ‘normal’ corporate life again without committing to the office Monday through Friday. In order to keep up throughout the last year and a half, corporate planners have had to get creative with events and will continue to do so as they recruit attendees post-pandemic and numbers even out again.

These exciting times are also bringing new challenges for both the wedding industry and engaged couples to navigate. Wedding planning during COVID-19 reopenings most likely means encountering an industry with limited availability: many venues and vendors are experiencing shortages as they try to accommodate the surplus of couples who the pandemic has denied the wedding of their dreams.

The Denver Post interviewed local experts about the upcoming 2021 wedding season and how the industry expects to bounce back! ORO and others in the wedding industry in Colorado discuss how 2020 sent many into a tailspin but how this new season is shaping up to start roaring back.

Reports across the country are showing that hospitality business owners are currently facing a labor shortage crisis. Restaurants, hotels and bars are all hiring at once to get their businesses back up and running, but, unfortunately, there aren't enough workers in the job pool to fill open positions.

The past year has posed many challenges to the wedding industry, and many newly engaged couples have had to completely change their wedding planning process to keep up. The checklist, the tool that wedding planners and brides rely on the most in the weeks before the ceremony, has become less reliable in the age of last minute COVID-related cancellations. Before the pandemic, checklists would typically manage when the caterer, venue, and rental company needed final counts.

A good reminder to never let your ego get in the way of executing a good event. Tasha Bracken explains the importance of working with your extended vendor team and why these relationships are so important to foster.

Listen to expert and producer Bennell LaPorte of Event Fusion, interview our CEO in her Industry Insider Series.

Planners on Purpose's very own Naomi Tucker, interviewed Katherine about her background in planning events and how the idea of ORO came to be. We discuss the upcoming trends to look for in 2021 and how planners and couples can be prepared moving into the new year!