Articles tagged “conventions”

Hotels

Omni Hotels Is Investing Heavily to Become a Luxury Brand

The Omni brand may have a stodgy reputation in some quarters. But the U.S. owner-operator is an interesting contrarian in how it's asset-heavy and unafraid of building ballrooms.

Omni Hotels Is Investing Heavily to Become a Luxury Brand

Business Travel

Nevada Wants Business Travelers for Longer Blended Stays Outside of Las Vegas

A new state-wide program predicts six community projects across rural Nevada will tap into the emerging blended travel market, and that convention delegates will welcome a break from the Strip's bright lights.

Nevada Wants Business Travelers for Longer Blended Stays Outside of Las Vegas

Business Travel

Resilient Las Vegas Still a Draw for Business Travelers

Nearly two million business travelers attended conventions in the first five months of this year, up almost 900 percent on the same period in 2021. And that's despite widespread international restrictions.

Resilient Las Vegas Still a Draw for Business Travelers

Tourism

Morocco’s Covid Policies Work Against Creative New Tourism Pitch

Morocco uses its latest campaign to promote a “true experience” of the destination with a funky twist. However, campaigns such as these need to be backed by tourist-friendly policies.

Morocco’s Covid Policies Work Against Creative New Tourism Pitch

Coronavirus

Omni Adds a Lifestyle Hotel Flavor to Hedge Against Convention Business

Omni's strategy for convention hotels is stuffing the ground floor with local restaurants and bars, offering a revenue lift in tough times. But it also costs a lot of money to develop. If you build it, it better be cool enough to motivate local residents to show up.

Omni Adds a Lifestyle Hotel Flavor to Hedge Against Convention Business

Coronavirus

Starwood CEO Sternlicht Is Unapologetically Bearish on the Recovery of Conventions

Group business and convention bookings may be coming back to life, but we're years away from some of the world's largest hotels seeing regularly sold-out nights. Barry Sternlicht said it, in striking difference to some bullishness from his fellow travel execs this week.

Starwood CEO Sternlicht Is Unapologetically Bearish on the Recovery of Conventions

Coronavirus

Las Vegas Resorts Scramble for New Strategies Amid 4th Straight Month of No Conventions

Las Vegas casino resorts are seeking creative alternative revenue streams while convention travel is bottomed out, but it's highly unlikely anything will match the dollars associated with a mammoth, multi-day event.

Las Vegas Resorts Scramble for New Strategies Amid 4th Straight Month of No Conventions

Meetings

Electronic Requests for Proposals Have Created a Mess for Many Events

Hailed as a panacea to streamline the bidding process that would make venues and meeting planners more productive, electronic requests for proposals still have a long way to go.

Electronic Requests for Proposals Have Created a Mess for Many Events

Meetings

Why Convention Bureaus Are Marketing Their Local Industry and Intellectual Capital

In an increasingly competitive market with a lot of quality product and emerging destinations, European convention bureaus are tapping their local knowledge economies to drive new business.

Why Convention Bureaus Are Marketing Their Local Industry and Intellectual Capital

Hotels

Smart Conventions and Meetings Are Redefining Face-to-Face Events

The convention of the future is a co-created hybrid mechanism of live and virtual engagement, fluidly connecting more people through more channels over longer periods of time to leverage the collective knowledge of the community.

Smart Conventions and Meetings Are Redefining Face-to-Face Events