Checking In

December 2, 2011

Tyler Davidson

Welcome to the end-of-the-year issue of Meetings Focus East! We’re ending the year on a high note by welcoming a “new” editor to our staff. Joining us as our content developer, departments/features is Kelsey Farabee.

Kelsey earned a degree from what can be considered the top journalism school in the nation, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and before stopping here and becoming our editorial assistant a few months ago completed an internship at Outdoor Life Magazine.

Besides writing features and destination stories, Kelsey will be handling Site Scene, Short Takes and Going Places, so keep her in the loop with everything that’s going on and say “hi” if you happen to run into her at an industry 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