Articles tagged “meetings”

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.

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.

How midsize cities and their convention bureaus are positioning business events to drive long-term business outcomes for both visiting groups and local communities How cities like Nashville and Portland integrate…

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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.