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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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Hotels

Hotel Room Keys That Double as Gift Cards Are the Next Big Meeting Trend

Other hotel brands should copy Sheraton's ideas as a way to attract meetings and conventions and build deeper marketing partnerships with local businesses.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Announcements

Montreal Builds a Blueprint for Modern Destination Marketing

Tourisme Montreal is inspiring other tourism boards throughout North America with its successful experiential marketing, special events and multi-prong transmedia communications.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Announcements

Marriott Unveils Pinterest-Style Meeting Planner Portal

Marriott's new photo-based, searchable Inspiration Gallery provides a quick way for meeting planners to glean new ideas for their meetings and events, based on a specific business objective.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Business Travel

U.S. Meetings Industry Moves Away from Traditional Convention Cities in 2013

This year's list of 100 top meeting hotels revealed a slight shift away from major hotel brands and traditional conventional cities, mirroring a larger trend towards independent hotels and emerging destinations in the hospitality industry.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Business Travel

Attendance at International Meetings Grew in 2013, but Next Year Will Be Better

The frequency of and attendance at international business meetings will continue to grow thanks to companies' renewed confidence in an improving economy. But the meeting market is moving from Europe towards Asia meaning that the degree of growth for individual cities depends on their location.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

The Top Meetings Destinations in U.S. Reveal Post-Recession Rebound

The list, even though one-company specific, shows the meetings and conventions industry is coming out of recession as the broader economy improves. Cities with airports near city centers are doing a lot better.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Corporate America Has Fallen in Love Again With European Business Travel

American companies are now traveling to Europe in numbers approaching pre-4Q 2008 levels, but the focus is more on value, emerging destinations, and the next-generation business traveler.

Greg Oates, Skift | 11 years ago

Meetings

The top innovators shaping the future of the events industry in U.S.

A great annual list from BizBash which honors the not-so-usual suspects in an industry that drives a huge amount of revenues directly into the hospitality and travel sector.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

SkyTeam targets meetings planners with flight booking tool

This is an interesting idea from SkyTeam, but it's doubtful this would be the first option that meeting planners would turn to.

Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

U.S. meetings and convention cities: Who gets bragging rights?

It's fierce competition for the lucrative convention market, and Las Vegas had better be on top of its game because business travelers sometimes long for something different as opposed to repeat visits to Vegas.

Richard N. Velotta , Las Vegas Sun | 11 years ago