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Cautious but positive optimism for 2026
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Cautious but positive optimism for 2026
Unsurprisingly, only 24 % of the EAs state that their organisations conducted more events in 2025 than it did before COVID. In the 2019 survey EAs were asked to compare the previous year to the five years prior and 40 % stated an increase in events.
However, predictions for future event activity are almost identical to those made by EAs in 2019. Eighty five percent of the EAs responding to the 2026 survey believe their organisations will conduct the same level of event activity or more this year, compared to 2025. And 20 % of the respondents( compared to 22 % in 2019) believe their organisations will be running more events this year.
Can you give an indication of your future meetings activity compared to last year?
2019 results 2026 results
Key: n More n The same n Less n Don’ t know
Key: n More n The same n Less n Don’ t know
38 Executive PA | Summer Issue 2026