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Meetings and Events Industry News

News, interviews, and coverage of the meetings and events industry, from in-person events to hybrid events to online events.

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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

Meetings

Tourism Vancouver’s Ongoing Effort to Use Video to Convince Meeting Planners

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.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Announcements

Why the Meetings Industry Doesn’t Understand Millennial or Modern Needs

There's a huge gap today in the meetings industry between ideation and implementation when it comes to next generation meeting design and event technology.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Meetings

This Week in Travel Startup Funding: DoubleDutch, Oasis and More

Year after year the same run-of-the-mill conferences seem to get even more massive and the player that can help event organizers understand the analytics behind these large gatherings is destined for the hands of every conference attendee of the future.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Hotels

Top Three U.S. Cities for Meetings are Orlando, Chicago and Las Vegas

Technology is augmenting face-to-face meetings rather than replacing it.

Joyce Manalo, Skift | 9 years ago

Meetings

How One Convention Industry Association is Developing the Future of Conference Design

The move toward open-learning meeting space, where attendees can roam among casual “campfire” sessions, is helping Millennials personalize their educational journey in a more spontaneous and organic process.

MMBC | 9 years ago

Meetings

Free Skift Report: What Millennials Want in Meetings

Millennial meeting attendees value face-to-face networking at meetings and events just as much as previous generations. Download this report for FREE to learn more.

Skift | 9 years ago

Meetings

The Video Tech That Connects Travelers Virtually With Destinations in Real Time

Georama is unique because meeting attendees can now interact with any other group moving around in a non-static environment, via both HD video feed and social media chat in real time.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

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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.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Meetings

The Meetings Industry Turns to Content Marketing to Get Ahead

North American DMOs are starting to shift content marketing efforts to the meeting side to align with the shift to more content-oriented, education-based group sales strategies.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago