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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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Meetings

The Rise of ‘Innovation Districts’ as Creative Convention Venues

In addition to creative and well-designed infrastructure, these spaces also offer access to a destination's local education and leadership community -- additional draw for meeting planners and hosts.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Business Travel

Interview: Cvent CEO on Meetings Industry Getting Pushed Into the Future

Some industries are much slower to change than others, and the meetings and events industry is one of them despite strides made by some early adopters.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

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.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Announcements

New Skift Trends Report: The Future of Conventions

Understand the current state of conventions, what organizations are doing to improve and innovate them, and what the future brings for these large meetings and events. Get the report.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

Announcements

How Technology Is Upending the Meetings Industry

Hotels, tourism bureaus, meeting planners and delegates are having challenges keeping up with advances in event technology due to so many new platforms and providers arriving on the scene.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Business Travel

Apps Are Better Than Social Media for Engaging Event Attendees

Technology is only as good as the functions it performs and when it comes to conferences and networking, that means helping users make quick decisions and seamless connections.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Meetings

Mobile Events App DoubleDutch Secures $19 Million in Funding

There's a market opportunity in meetings and events -- a $500 billion one, according to DoubleDutch. Conferences need apps and data, and that's where DoubleDutch enters the arena.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Hotel Uses TED-Like Talks to Build Brand Loyalty with Clients

Omni is moving a step beyond content marketing to put on live events that give, in this case career advice, in order to receive, brand loyalty and (hopefully) new business.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Meetings

The Global Meetings Industry Regains Its Footing

By bringing together the largest ever cross section of tourism industry players, the Meetings Mean Business Coalition shows how the economic impact of business meetings dwarfs other industries, and why it needs to be supported by government at all levels.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Meetings

Sexy Las Vegas Ad Campaign Signals Meetings Business is Back in Sin City

After years of defending itself as a serious business destination for meetings and conventions during the recession, Las Vegas has a little fun with its new ad campaign now that group numbers are trending north again.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago