A Shift Happened at TED, SXSW and Mobile World Congress — Skift MeetingsIQ
Photo Credit: Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American in space, discusses the future of space travel at TED 2016. TED / Marla Aufmuth
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The volume of shifts happening throughout the events industry is impacting every aspect of the meeting experience from alternative accommodations to sticky digital content.
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The Future of Meetings + Events
An estimated 100,000 people attended the annual Mobile World Congress last month in Barcelona, and about 30,000 of them stayed at Airbnb, according to the room-sharing company. Meaning, the impact of the sharing economy on the meetings and events industry is not something that's going to happen. It is happening, and it's just getting warmed up.
Today, South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin announced that President Obama is going to give the keynote to kick off the conference next Friday. For years, one of the conversations around SXSW has revolved around the hotel surge pricing, putting the event out of reach for attendees who don't want to pay $500 nightly for a hotel room they'll only sleep in for a fe
