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How the Meetings Industry Is Getting Ready for the Future of Conventions

Since Meetings Mean Business launched in January 2014 with industry-wide representation (except for the airlines), the coalition has become a valuable resource for industry research. The next phase includes getting non-industry CEOs to advocate for the value of meetings, finally ending the millennial conversation, and partnering with new tech and sharing companies.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

How the Meetings Industry Is Getting Ready for the Future of Conventions

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Detroit Tourism Turns to Local Industry Leaders to Help Lure Conventions

Visit Detroit created a lineup of educational tours for the ASAE Convention that provided both professional development opportunities and immersive travel experiences for the attendees.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Detroit Tourism Turns to Local Industry Leaders to Help Lure Conventions
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Repositioning Amsterdam as ‘Holland City’ to Attract More Conventions

This is the first time a convention bureau has launched an official website promoting a destination's intellectual software ahead of its infrastructure hardware.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Repositioning Amsterdam as ‘Holland City’ to Attract More Conventions

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Intellectual Capital Is the New Draw for Smart Meetings Destinations

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.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Intellectual Capital Is the New Draw for Smart Meetings Destinations

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Salt Lake City Wants to Show Meeting Planners a Good Time With Its New Website

The Visit Salt Lake tourism bureau is smart to aggressively show the city's fun factor for meetings and conventions to combat the Mormon organization's bizarre legacy.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Salt Lake City Wants to Show Meeting Planners a Good Time With Its New Website

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Millennial Travel Habits Force Tourism Bureaus to Shift Strategy

Millennials are making their biggest impact at tourism bureaus by pushing for more innovation in digital marketing campaigns and experiential sales strategy.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Millennial Travel Habits Force Tourism Bureaus to Shift Strategy

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5 Millennials Explain What’s Wrong With Traditional Hotel Meetings

The gap between what Millennial-age conference attendees want and what hotels are offering is huge, and it's way beyond time for the hospitality industry to wake up to its very real challenges and opportunities.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

5 Millennials Explain What’s Wrong With Traditional Hotel Meetings

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The Persian Gulf Will Be the World’s Next Big Convention Destination

While there's significant interest among U.S. associations to organize conventions in the Arabian Middle East, only one third have done so due to a young regional industry in the Gulf still learning how to engage Western convention planners.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

The Persian Gulf Will Be the World’s Next Big Convention Destination

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Conference Attendees Get Relief as FCC Fines Wi-Fi Provider for Blocking Personal Hotspots

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.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Conference Attendees Get Relief as FCC Fines Wi-Fi Provider for Blocking Personal Hotspots

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Visit Anaheim Uses Consumer Marketing Strategies To Sway Business Stakeholders

It is surprising that more tourism bureaus don't leverage the power of video to illustrate their economic impact.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Visit Anaheim Uses Consumer Marketing Strategies To Sway Business Stakeholders