Aloha and APEC

November 21, 2011

Tyler Davidson

What a privilege it was to attend the APEC conference in Honolulu last month, which featured a cast of attendees that included the presidents of the U.S., Russia and China, along with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and leaders from the other 18 major participating economies.

The most-impressive part may have been Honolulu’s preparation and execution of the high-profile affair, however.

Indeed, the destination—and Hawaii as a whole—is using the event to serve as an example of its ability to handle such a highly complex, super-secure international meeting. The state also got to show off some of the high-tech and sustainable companies operating in the Islands, too.

Click here to check out my story—and much aloha to Hawaii for staging such a successful event!

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