Articles tagged “austin”

Airline Weekly

American Air Latest to Add Routes to Pandemic Popular Austin

2 years ago

Airline Weekly

Delta’s Trimming of Routes Portends Larger Industry Reconfiguration of Flights

2 years ago

Business Travel

When Wellness Tourism Takes Over

Looking after yourself is the new rock 'n' roll, so it makes total sense that "The Live Music Capital of the World" should turn into a wellness center.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago

Business Travel

In Austin, Wellness Is Fast Becoming the New Weird

Austin may be best known for its music bona fides, but wellness is also becoming instrumental in bringing an eclectic mix of visitors to the Texas capital city. It must be something in the water ... or in the hills.

Laura Powell, Skift | 4 years ago

Meetings

South by Southwest’s Formula for How to Keep Them Coming Back to Austin

Is it tough to keep it cool and relevant? You bet. But the South by Southwest festival in Austin has found some secrets to packing 'em in every year. SXSW is one of the subjects in Skift’s recent sixth anniversary book, For the Long Haul, Lessons on Business Longevity, whose chapters we are excerpting for you here in the coming weeks.

Andrew Zaleski, Skift | 5 years ago

Business Travel

Events Industry Joins the Influencer Trend — Meetings Innovation Report

More convention bureaus like Atout France should adopt an influencer campaign strategy to drive a higher level of digital engagement around both industry and non-industry events.

Greg Oates, Skift | 6 years ago

Business Travel

When Conferences Are Talent Magnets For a City — Meetings Innovation Report

Part of C2 Montreal's mandate is to attract outside companies and talent to explore the city's convergence of social, tech, research, cultural, urban, and industrial innovation. The conference's trendy design is just the first step in that process.

Greg Oates, Skift | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Destinations Promote Tourism and Tech Culture With Pop-Up ‘Houses’ at SXSW Austin

In a super competitive market to attract high-tech talent, cities are promoting their overall livability and lifestyle attributes as much as their tech economies. At SXSW 2016, they accomplished that with expensive and experiential destination marketing strategies integrating local venues and global panels highlighting the future of business.

Greg Oates, Skift | 7 years ago

Hotels

Marriott Makes a Loyalty Play at SXSW Festival With the Help of Ryan Adams

By partnering with South by Southwest for the first time, Marriott is targeting a new audience that it coins "experience seekers," while also adding a certain cachet to its loyalty program.

Greg Oates, Skift | 7 years ago

Business Travel

The SXSW Event App Tries to Set a New Standard in Conference Customization

After years of talk and conjecture about event app customization and beacon technology, the 2016 SXSW GO app seems positioned to deliver on those expectations.

Greg Oates, Skift | 7 years ago