Articles tagged “SkiftX Showcase: Meetings and Events”

Jean-Francois Lalonde, an associate professor at Université Laval in Québec City, studies computer vision and artificial intelligence. He’s also playing a leading role in attracting and hosting events within Canada’s technology sector.

After implementing numerous health and safety protocols, Kansas City is ready to welcome meeting planners back to experience the city’s growing number of new and renovated hotels, which promise to connect business travelers with the city’s convention infrastructure and cultural offerings in exciting new ways.

Regional innovators like Cathy Hogan, an expert within Canada’s natural resources and ocean technology sectors, are continuing to drive the future of meetings, tourism, and economic development within Canada.

A new Event Industry Resilience Roadmap (IRR) will help guide a safe and manageable pathway ahead for the Singapore Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions (MICE) industry after the challenging impact of Covid-19.

In this video conversation from Skift Global Forum, we hear from Destination Canada Business Events about the crucial role that local experts will play in driving the future of business events and sustaining economic growth.

Atlanta’s BeltLine loop has already transformed the way meeting and event attendees can experience the city, and will continue to do so as the project continues to develop through 2030.

Tapping into local experts like Dr. Vikram Misra, a professor in microbiology at the University of Saskatchewan, is helping Destination Canada attract meetings, break down silos, and drive long-term economic growth.

Singapore’s meetings and events were put on pause earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But event industry leaders, meeting planners, vendors, venues, and tech innovators across the country were able to quickly shift many of these events from physical to virtual, showcasing the country’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

The meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry in Thailand is stronger now than ever before and is expected to continue growing. Today, Bangkok is one of Asia’s most exciting cities and a major business hub for the region, especially after hosting the ASEAN summit in 2019.

The way that soon-to-be brides and grooms plan their weddings has undergone a digital transformation. Thanks to the emergence of search and the online availability of information, venues must engage with new tools to best express the essential part they can play in a couple’s special day — and maintain a competitive edge in this shifting industry.