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Articles tagged “conventions”

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 | 9 years ago

New Skift Trends Report: The Future of Conventions

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

How Technology Is Upending the Meetings Industry

Hotels

Rival Hotel Chains Respond to Marriott’s Wi-Fi Blocking Practices

These hotel brands purport that they do not block guests' or meeting attendees' personal Wi-Fi networks, but many do require that guests are a part of their loyalty program in order to exchange email addresses for free service.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Rival Hotel Chains Respond to Marriott’s Wi-Fi Blocking Practices

Hotels

The Meetings Industry Uses Wellness As a Differentiator

There's no longer a one-size-fits-all method to meetings. Smart hotels are looking to new ideas -- even if they're very old ideas like yoga -- to offer better options for planners and guests.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

The Meetings Industry Uses Wellness As a Differentiator

Meetings

New Skift Trends Report: The Future of Meetings in Hospitality

Hospitality brands responded to the threat to the meetings industry by innovating and ditching the one-size-fits all approach. Find out where things are headed next.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

New Skift Trends Report: The Future of Meetings in Hospitality

Business Travel

Nashville pushes convention travel with new $623 million Music City Center

Nashville is looking to diversify its tourism market with its newfound popularity thanks to TV show Nashville, but controversial building costs were a gamble as business travel is just starting to rebound.

Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Nashville pushes convention travel with new $623 million Music City Center

Business Travel

The General Services Administration seeks ways to cut travel costs

The GSA has been forced to make real changes, or at least look like it’s doing so, after making headlines twice this year for spending too much on conferences and its inefficient virtual employee program.

Skift | 11 years ago

The General Services Administration seeks ways to cut travel costs

Tourism

Hong Kong could have a killer conventions business, but hotel costs are just too high

The cost of attending events is already high enough, and Hong Kong has enough regional rivals that these high costs won't be an issue if bookings if costs subside.

Yimou Lee, Reuters | 11 years ago

Hong Kong could have a killer conventions business, but hotel costs are just too high