This year’s award feature focuses on the meeting and event industry’s trailblazers, trendsetters, and up-and-comers. The influential executives, board members, and department heads featured are at the helm of some of the nation’s top events (think massive trade shows, galas, conferences, corporate bashes, pop-culture conventions and festivals, sporting events, and multimillion-dollar weddings.

The event industry greatly suffered amid the pandemic as large gatherings were prohibited. Passion8 Event Management also felt the challenges when the company lost five major projects in one week at the onset of the pandemic. Still, the company pivoted its efforts and explored areas where it can maintain its business structure.

The event industry greatly suffered amid the pandemic as large gatherings were prohibited. Passion8 Event Management also felt the challenges when the company lost five major projects in one week at the onset of the pandemic. Still, the company pivoted its efforts and explored areas where it can maintain its business structure.

here is a relatively new billboard at Carnegie and East 22nd meant to catch your attention. It’s creator, Devin Joyce, is normally busy with her company Passion8 Event Management, managing entertainment and sporting events. The pandemic has slowed down business, but her company created this billboard after feeling as if the discussion around racial inequities died down.