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Articles tagged “skift cities”

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Business Travel

Nashville’s Convention Business is Booming Thanks to Its Music Industry Branding Strategy

Nashville's rise as a trendy convention destination illustrates why city branding should focus on the individual stories and spirit of the local community and indie entrepreneurs to help differentiate the urban visitor experience.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

Nashville’s Convention Business is Booming Thanks to Its Music Industry Branding Strategy
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Business Travel

Holland Wants to Attract More Conventions to Dutch Cities Not Called Amsterdam

The "HollandCity" vision capitalizes on the close proximity of Holland's largest urban centers, much like New York City's boroughs, to provide conference organizers with a more holistic overview of the country's major industry clusters.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

Holland Wants to Attract More Conventions to Dutch Cities Not Called Amsterdam
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Meetings

Skift Trends Report: The Rise of Midsize Cities in the Meetings Industry

Meeting planners are looking toward midsize cities to host their programs, meaning that for some destinations, being a midsize city is no longer necessarily a negative for attracting events. Download our latest report to learn more.

IMEX Group + Skift | 6 years ago

Skift Trends Report: The Rise of Midsize Cities in the Meetings Industry
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Business Travel

How Calgary is Tapping its Advanced Industries to Boost Conference Business

More midsize cities like Calgary are promoting their local industry expertise to attract conferences in high-priority sectors, supported by the surging growth of advanced industries outside the world's gateway cities.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

How Calgary is Tapping its Advanced Industries to Boost Conference Business
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Meetings

The Creative Energy in Downtown Phoenix is a Magnet for Meeting Planners

The growth of Downtown Phoenix during the last decade is unprecedented in the U.S., driven by a fiercely independent group of entrepreneurs and thriving maker culture. That provides an energized environment for meetings and events, bringing together a mashup of culinary, creative, academic, and tech innovators.

Visit Phoenix + Skift | 6 years ago

The Creative Energy in Downtown Phoenix is a Magnet for Meeting Planners

Business Travel

Travel Megatrends 2018: Cities Navigate the Clash of Visitor Vs. Local

City leaders in government, tourism, and economic development are collaborating more strategically to grow their leisure and business travel sectors in alignment with the interests of their local communities and industries.

Greg Oates, Skift | 6 years ago

Travel Megatrends 2018: Cities Navigate the Clash of Visitor Vs. Local
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Tourism

Skift Report: How UK Cities Excel at Hosting Conferences in Advanced and Creative Industries

Sector expertise is becoming increasingly important for international conference planners and decision-makers in choosing a destination. In our latest report, we examine how UK cities excel at hosting conferences in advanced and creative industries. Download the report to learn more.

VisitBritain + Skift | 6 years ago

Skift Report: How UK Cities Excel at Hosting Conferences in Advanced and Creative Industries

Business Travel

Visit Seattle Enlists Its Big Tech Companies to Reposition City to Meeting Planners

Visit Seattle is positioning itself as a broker of innovation, versus a sales conduit for meeting space, by introducing meeting planners nationwide to some of the world's most advanced companies.

Greg Oates, Skift | 7 years ago

Visit Seattle Enlists Its Big Tech Companies to Reposition City to Meeting Planners
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Tourism

Video: How Meeting Planners Are Tapping Into Tucson

Through injecting its rich culinary roots into local hotels and connecting planners into its creative downtown scene, Tucson is a case study for how destination marketers can help meeting planners realize the creative potential of a city by amplifying its unique assets beyond the convention center.

Visit Tucson + Skift | 7 years ago

Video: How Meeting Planners Are Tapping Into Tucson
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Business Travel

Cities Lack Research to Determine Long-Term Economic Impacts of Conventions

City governments and convention bureaus would love to better understand the long-term economic impacts that conventions in advanced industries deliver to their cities, but there are a lot of challenges trying to establish metrics and tracking methodologies to accomplish that.

Meetings Mean Business + Skift | 7 years ago

Cities Lack Research to Determine Long-Term Economic Impacts of Conventions