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Articles tagged “skift cities”

Meetings

IMEX Partnership With C2 Shows Impact of Experiential Networking

Collaboration between IMEX Group and C2 International shows the value, and power, of creativity in the meetings and events space. The more lessons planners from around the world can learn from these educational sessions, the better.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

IMEX Partnership With C2 Shows Impact of Experiential Networking
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Business Travel

Downtown Phoenix Evolves as a Knowledge Platform to Co-create Innovative Conferences

Downtown Phoenix is an established and spirited meetings destination due to significant infrastructure investments in recent years. Building on that, the public and private sectors are now collaborating more intentionally to connect meeting planners with the region's thought leaders in technology, healthcare, and other advanced industries.

Visit Phoenix + Skift | 6 years ago

Downtown Phoenix Evolves as a Knowledge Platform to Co-create Innovative Conferences
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Business Travel

Fort Worth Invested Big in SXSW to Show the World It’s Not a Dallas Suburb

It makes sense that the City of Fort Worth and Visit Fort Worth leveraged SXSW's cool factor and global tech audience to help reposition the destination brand around innovation and creativity. The question now is how to keep that momentum going moving forward.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

Fort Worth Invested Big in SXSW to Show the World It’s Not a Dallas Suburb
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Hotels

IBM’s New Watson Assistant Helps Hotels Build Smarter Voice and Chat Platforms

Hotels can now create their own brand-specific digital assistants with IBM's new Watson Assistant because they can white label the artificial intelligence platform. Hotel operators also keep their own data, versus giving it away to a company like Amazon, which IBM says provides a new level of brand intimacy and trust.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

IBM’s New Watson Assistant Helps Hotels Build Smarter Voice and Chat Platforms
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Tourism

From Place to Platform: The Rise of Smart Neighborhoods

The intense focus on smart city design and development today needs to be explored through the lens of neighborhoods to make the theme more approachable for mainstream conversation and community engagement.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

From Place to Platform: The Rise of Smart Neighborhoods
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Business Travel

Why a Glasgow Architecture Conference Focused on Its Legacy Impact

This conference planner sums it up best: “So many times an organization comes into a city, invades it for a few days, and then leaves. For us, we relied on the universities, pulling their knowledge and access to people, to create what we hope is a long-lasting conversation about the future of cities between us and the people of Glasgow.”

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

Why a Glasgow Architecture Conference Focused on Its Legacy Impact
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SkiftX

Tourism Vancouver’s CEO on Steering The Future of Urban Travel

Many heavily visited cities have a whole host of issues to collectively address based on the challenges of overtourism and the opportunities provided by new connectivity platforms. Here's a deep-dive masterclass on how Vancouver is tackling the future.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

Tourism Vancouver’s CEO on Steering The Future of Urban Travel
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Meetings

Washington, D.C. Doubles Down on its ‘Inclusive Innovation’ Message at SXSW

The mayor and economic development leaders in Washington, D.C. are using SXSW as a platform to promote how the city supports female and minority entrepreneurs, more so than most U.S. cities.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

Washington, D.C. Doubles Down on its ‘Inclusive Innovation’ Message at SXSW
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Business Travel

Portland Embraces Its Local Maker Culture to Win Over Meeting Planners

Travel Portland's convention sales team is promoting the idea that "individuals attract individuals" to show conference planners how the city celebrates a diverse spectrum of local makers with a unique and creative point of view.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

Portland Embraces Its Local Maker Culture to Win Over Meeting Planners

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