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Event planners are trading spreadsheets for smart automated systems. AI is emerging as the co-pilot of the meetings industry, shifting an event planner’s role from administrator to strategist at record speed.

What happens when technology meets timeless hospitality? Elie Maalouf, CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts, shares how digital transformation, cultural connection, and bold investments are shaping the future of travel.

Go behind the scenes to discover how Skift Global Forum is engineered for insight, candor, and connection. Here’s how the travel industry’s most talked-about event comes to life — and why it feels different from anything else.

Reinvention in the travel industry demands context that everyone can act on. Skift Global Forum 2025 delivers it. Groups that attend return with a common language, aligned priorities, and the agility to respond together in times of disruption.

Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty will chart the future of cruising at the Skift Global Forum. From AI-driven personalization to multi-generational vacation experiences, his session promises insights on reshaping the $2 trillion vacation industry and hospitality innovation.

Now heading into its third year, Skift Meetings Forum has earned a reputation as the place in the meetings industry for unfiltered conversations, handpicked audiences, and a level of candor rarely seen in public sessions.

Some of the smartest moves at IMEX America will happen before the expo even opens. One room, 100 insiders, and a playbook you’ll wish you had sooner.

Intrepid CEO James Thornton shares how purpose-led strategy, human-centered experiences, and bold expansion plans can drive growth and resilience for travel companies in a time of disruption.

Event leaders keep coming back to Skift Meetings Forum for one reason: it delivers. Sharp strategy, real talk, and takeaways that actually work. Here's what past attendees have to say.

Once a rising star in global travel, Abu Dhabi has now moved to become the center of gravity for the industry. Its vision, capital deployment, and pace of change are transforming it into a hub where aviation, hospitality, and culture converge.