Articles tagged “meetings and events”

Many of the emerging lifestyle trends in meetings and events that we've been discussing are starting to enter mainstream conversation. Meetings are becoming cool, seriously.

Destinations have traditionally undervalued the ability of meetings-specific website content to drive convention attendance, but Las Vegas is attempting to do just that with an integrated, high-tech content delivery platform.

Airbnb and other room-sharing companies have the ability to drive increased attendance to conventions, but there seems to be a lack of awareness among many planners about the overall user experience and value proposition.

If hotels want to book more meetings and events, they need to know how to speak the specific industry language of the events and planners they’re working with.

The value of this list will grow year-over-year as we start to see movement among the cities.

Getting the right site is what separates smart meeting planners, those who know when to book, from the rest. How do they do it? They look at the “shoulder” seasons – the times in between a destination’s peak demand.

This survey is the first real evidence that North America is catching up with the trend in Europe to align destination marketing with knowledge leaders in the destination.

This is another step on the road toward Wi-Fi access becoming a free and open utility, and a right. Until the laws catch up with the times it appears we can expect more battles like this for the foreseeable future.

The level of thought leadership and production values in these videos creates an impressive package that positions Vancouver as a convention city of brains and beauty.

We are excited to bring our signature Skift coverage to these important sectors in the global travel ecosystem.