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Meetings and Events Coverage

Business Travel

How the Travel Industry Defines Innovation — Skift MeetingsIQ

Companies from Airbnb to Marriott are implementing innovative operational strategies based on the need to be fluid and adaptable as the travel marketplace continually evolves.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

How the Travel Industry Defines Innovation — Skift MeetingsIQ

Business Travel

Identifying the Biggest Event Technology Opportunities and Startups

The event technology scene is going mainstream, but there needs to be more research on the business case for event tech from non-biased sources to help meeting planners make smarter business decisions.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

Identifying the Biggest Event Technology Opportunities and Startups

Business Travel

Airbnb CTO and 3 Tech CEOs Discuss the Digital Platform Economy at Davos

This mashup of leaders in travel, media, commerce, and IT represents the cross-industry synergies fueling the rise of the digital platform economy. It also represents the growing link between smart city development and tourism, which is going to explode in 2016.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

Airbnb CTO and 3 Tech CEOs Discuss the Digital Platform Economy at Davos

Meetings

Event Updates on Davos, Web Summit and CES at Skift MeetingsIQ

Smarter, more advanced technology is entering mainstream discussion in 2016, so event planners and everyone else in the meetings industry should embrace that 100% and stop talking gibberish about how "meetings are about people." We know that, but people today use technology.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

Event Updates on Davos, Web Summit and CES at Skift MeetingsIQ

Business Travel

How One Events Company is Teaching Meeting Planners About Brand Experience

The FreemanXP TrendLab research provides a good example of experiential event marketing, as well as how companies can leverage their industry knowledge to develop a sellable product.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

How One Events Company is Teaching Meeting Planners About Brand Experience

Airlines

Aviation Summit in Iran Highlights Tourism Push

Investors from the Middle East, Europe, and Asia are salivating at the prospect of breaking into the long-closed Iranian travel and tourism market. The CAPA Iran Aviation Summit is the first look for a broad base of business interests. They will have to gauge the risks that come along with Iran's foreign policy.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Aviation Summit in Iran Highlights Tourism Push

Business Travel

CES 2016 and the Evolution of Conferences as Global Media Platforms

CES 2016 shows how conference organizers can reposition an event from a narrow industry focus to a global forum for discussion around larger themes impacting a broader audience.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

CES 2016 and the Evolution of Conferences as Global Media Platforms

Meetings

New Startup Contests, Event Tech and Tourism Data at Skift MeetingsIQ

So far, 2016 is bringing a ton of new event technology, groovy startup culture, and destination data for meeting planners to help inform their business decisions.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

New Startup Contests, Event Tech and Tourism Data at Skift MeetingsIQ

Meetings

Disruption Comes to Lifestyle Hotels in the Form of On-Demand Meeting Spaces

Smart hotels are rethinking the most profitable ways to make the most of their spaces, and it is no longer just about heads in beds. Mobile apps and on-demand services are just one piece of this pie, but they are an important piece.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

Disruption Comes to Lifestyle Hotels in the Form of On-Demand Meeting Spaces

Meetings

The Rise of Event Technology Startups in 2016

The IMEX startup competition clearly needs a bigger forum, not to promote the event tech companies, but to showcase to more planners the potential hybrid event user experience of the future.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

The Rise of Event Technology Startups in 2016