For artists, the live entertainment industry has always been a bit of a high-wire act, but since the pandemic, it’s become more like juggling flaming torches on a unicycle, while covered in gasoline. Advance ticket sales used to be the crystal ball of the concert world. Now, they’re more like …
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2021 marked the beginning of some semblance of recovery from Covid-19 and also was declared by the United Nations the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. The U.N. recognized that the pandemic would likelycost 225 million jobs in 2020, leading to trillions in lost income. Specific to the …
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Dance music (DM), or electronic music, has a considerable following, with over 1.5 billion people listening to it regularly, according to numbers from IMS Business Report 2019. The DM fan community has always been thought of as a space where fans of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and accepted. This aspect …
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With tens of millions of Americans enrolled in original Medicare, and with many enrollees adopting a Medicare supplement plan to enhance their healthcare services, the whole program can be pretty daunting.There are a number of decisions to make when joining Medicare that can have long-term impacts on your health coverage …
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For businesses across the board, this past year has been undeniably difficult: According to the IMF, the global economy contracted by3.5 percent during 2020. This economic shock has been even more pronounced in hospitality- and entertainment-based companies like my own, where social distancing and frequent quarantines all but paralyzed expectations …
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There’s no denying that modern advances in technology have significantly impacted the billion-dollar music and entertainment industries at large. At a rapid pace, people are integrating technology into their daily lives, and one of the most significant advancements is the way in which consumers experience all that music, media and …
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Broadway, recognized around the world as perhaps the pinnacle of live entertainment, has a new peak: the live digital capture. Digital capture, also known as live capture, is the industry term referring to the recording of a stage production, ideally in front of a live audience in the theater. It’s …
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Like virtually all other sectors, the travel and experience industry is in recovery mode. The rate of recovery is very different in each country, however, and often varies greatly within each country by region as well. Take beautiful Miami. Some restaurants are booked three months out, and business is starting …
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As life has come to a standstill this past year and we’ve been forced to forgo events, offices, restaurants, activities, and even time spent with family and friends, many of us have felt sad, anxious, uncertain and insecure. Perhaps angry, too, which is a normal response to such unique circumstances. …
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My organization once produced a series of dinners on a houseboat in London for a dear friend, Patrick, whose business serves the hotel industry. We held a dinner for a different group each evening — all set on a boat just off the River Thames. The first two dinners were …
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