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Articles tagged “meetings”

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Events Need to Look Beyond Digital Gimmicks

Augmented reality, virtual reality, and holograms are all cool. But there's still a ton of work to be done to enhance marketing and event design before turning to gimmicks.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Events Need to Look Beyond Digital Gimmicks

Business Travel

Thought Leadership Conferences Target High-End Travelers

Nowadays, luxury travel is all about discovering new frontiers. It's not just about expanding physical and geographic boundaries. The travel cognoscenti are "brain dating" around the world in order to stretch their minds.

Laura Powell, Skift | 6 years ago

Thought Leadership Conferences Target High-End Travelers

Meetings

Getting Hotels and Meeting Planners to Play Nice With One Another

Dated hotel distribution technology is holding back both meeting planners and hotel revenue managers. As new platforms and tools emerge, it will be interesting to see which major chains end up developing the most forward-looking attitudes toward selling event space in new ways.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Getting Hotels and Meeting Planners to Play Nice With One Another

Meetings

Refreshed Destinations Want to Attract Large Corporate Events

Convention centers across the U.S. have worked to refresh and develop their offerings as business has increased in recent years. Now they're looking to attract large corporate events across multiple venues instead of traditional consumer-facing events and conventions.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Refreshed Destinations Want to Attract Large Corporate Events

Meetings

Event Tech Firms Want to Be Everything to Planners

There's no one-size-fits-all solution for meeting and event planners, so technology companies are offering a variety of different services to meet their needs.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Event Tech Firms Want to Be Everything to Planners

Meetings

Making Sense of Marriott’s Commission Cut for Meetings

It looks like what happened to travel agents 20 years ago is about to happen to meeting and event planners.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Making Sense of Marriott’s Commission Cut for Meetings

Hotels

Marriott Commission Cut on Group Bookings Could Ripple Across Hotel Industry

Marriott will use its formidable presence in the North American hotel market to squeeze travel agents and meeting planners. The big question is whether competitors will follow suit. Could Marriott be setting the stage for a full-blown commission cut on all hotel bookings that would completely disrupt the travel sellers?

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Marriott Commission Cut on Group Bookings Could Ripple Across Hotel Industry

Hotels

Skift Podcast: Megatrends Defining Travel in 2018

We've released our annual Megatrends that will define travel in the year to come, and Skift experts hit some of the highlights in this podcast episode.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 6 years ago

Skift Podcast: Megatrends Defining Travel in 2018

Meetings

Event Technology Will Be Transformational

Event technology is complicated. But as competing platforms develop the capability to work together, a more flexible future will be possible for planners.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Event Technology Will Be Transformational

Meetings

Interview: The Future of Event Tech Is a Fight for Simplicity

Is the meeting and events space on the cusp of a distribution revolution? There's still a ton of work to be done, but signs are promising if hotel chains become more engaged.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Interview: The Future of Event Tech Is a Fight for Simplicity