The need to keep our industry lights on

The calendar of 2023 has not had a promising start if you consider the battle to keep our electricity grid alive. Following a good momentum build in the latter part of 2022, with a strong sense of optimism for what 2023 may hold for our industry, we may be excused for feeling a little anxious as we activate 2023 for the business events industry in our country.

Keeping our lights on in the first quarter of this year is critical for all in the events ecosystem. Within every challenge, our industry has always found an opportunity to ensure we address the challenge. This may be the year that we consider how we expand our ecosystem as we look to build on the momentum of the third and fourth quarter of 2022.

In understanding our current operating environment, we can find a way to keep our industry’s lights on and ensure we don’t slip further back in our recovery. What is always clear is that, as an industry, we need to find those solutions now. Waiting is not an option and complaining does not help. It did not help us during the height of the pandemic, and it won’t help now.

We all would agree that we have a country of innovative individuals, and none more so than within our events industry. Couple this with our natural environment and we should still be offering delegates, clients and key partners memorable experiences – even when the lights are turned off.

So let us use our ecosystem and the many individuals and companies that can lend a hand, and let’s ensure we keep our lights on as we get going in 2023.