Checking In - December 2010

November 8, 2010

Tyler Davidson

While helping to plan content for our Meetings Hawaii educational FAMs this month, and after working on two corporate social responsibility webinars, a unique idea dawned on me—okay, I’m sure I’m not the first to think of it, but it did just spring into my mind.

What about a new CSR: cultural social responsibility? It seemed like the perfect fit for our Hawaii programs, traveling to Maui, Kauai and the Big Island. Why wouldn’t groups meeting in paradise want to chip in to make sure it stays the way the native culture intends it? Isn’t that what traveling is all about, anyway?

Taking it a step further, on page 30 I interviewed Maui’s Clifford J. Nae’ole, cultural advisor at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, to see how groups can participate in this new CSR.

Mahalo all around!

About the author

Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years. In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines.

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism.

Contact: tyler.davidson@meetingstoday.com