Is The Convention Industry Getting Trendy? — Meetings Innovation Report
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Skift Take
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.
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The Future of Meetings + Events
A lot of next-generation meeting trends and general lifestyle travel trends seem to be emerging in 2016. As we covered this week, Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt are delivering new and newly renovated hotels later this year that you actually want to hang out in for extended networking. Sure, W Hotels was promoting the whole social hub and living room lobby vibe a decade ago, but now you can see the trend going mainstream.
Airbnb is slowly becoming a serious conversation in the meetings industry. We're collaborating with the IMEX team to create another panel on the impact of the sharing economy on events for IMEX America this fall, following up on the first session at IMEX Frankfurt in April. Check out the story below with six female executives
