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Meetings and Events Industry News

News, interviews, and coverage of the meetings and events industry, from in-person events to hybrid events to online events.

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Announcements

Marriott Unveils Pinterest-Style Meeting Planner Portal

Marriott's new photo-based, searchable Inspiration Gallery provides a quick way for meeting planners to glean new ideas for their meetings and events, based on a specific business objective.

Greg Oates, Skift | 10 years ago

Marriott Unveils Pinterest-Style Meeting Planner Portal

Business Travel

U.S. Meetings Industry Moves Away from Traditional Convention Cities in 2013

This year's list of 100 top meeting hotels revealed a slight shift away from major hotel brands and traditional conventional cities, mirroring a larger trend towards independent hotels and emerging destinations in the hospitality industry.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

U.S. Meetings Industry Moves Away from Traditional Convention Cities in 2013

Business Travel

Attendance at International Meetings Grew in 2013, but Next Year Will Be Better

The frequency of and attendance at international business meetings will continue to grow thanks to companies' renewed confidence in an improving economy. But the meeting market is moving from Europe towards Asia meaning that the degree of growth for individual cities depends on their location.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Attendance at International Meetings Grew in 2013, but Next Year Will Be Better

Business Travel

The Top Meetings Destinations in U.S. Reveal Post-Recession Rebound

The list, even though one-company specific, shows the meetings and conventions industry is coming out of recession as the broader economy improves. Cities with airports near city centers are doing a lot better.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

The Top Meetings Destinations in U.S. Reveal Post-Recession Rebound

Business Travel

Corporate America Has Fallen in Love Again With European Business Travel

American companies are now traveling to Europe in numbers approaching pre-4Q 2008 levels, but the focus is more on value, emerging destinations, and the next-generation business traveler.

Greg Oates, Skift | 11 years ago

Corporate America Has Fallen in Love Again With European Business Travel

Meetings

The top innovators shaping the future of the events industry in U.S.

A great annual list from BizBash which honors the not-so-usual suspects in an industry that drives a huge amount of revenues directly into the hospitality and travel sector.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

SkyTeam targets meetings planners with flight booking tool

This is an interesting idea from SkyTeam, but it's doubtful this would be the first option that meeting planners would turn to.

Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

U.S. meetings and convention cities: Who gets bragging rights?

It's fierce competition for the lucrative convention market, and Las Vegas had better be on top of its game because business travelers sometimes long for something different as opposed to repeat visits to Vegas.

Richard N. Velotta , Las Vegas Sun | 11 years ago

U.S. meetings and convention cities: Who gets bragging rights?

Business Travel

Nashville pushes convention travel with new $623 million Music City Center

Nashville is looking to diversify its tourism market with its newfound popularity thanks to TV show Nashville, but controversial building costs were a gamble as business travel is just starting to rebound.

Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Nashville pushes convention travel with new $623 million Music City Center

Hotels

Abu Dhabi launches bureau dedicated to attracting lucrative conventions

Convention attendees spend more than domestic business travelers and foreign leisure tourists, making them and the expensive meetings they attend Abu Dhabi’s best bet for increasing tourism GDP.

ArabianBusiness.com Staff, HotelierMiddleEast.com | 11 years ago