Checking In - May Flowers

April 10, 2012

Tyler Davidson

Lots is afoot for the rest of the year as we wend our way through spring, with a full slate of Meetings Focus Live! events—we’ve got one in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and one in Charlotte, N.C., in the South this year—our annual Meetings Focus Guide and a brand-new Meetings Focus International publication launching this month for subscribers who are qualified as booking meetings outside of North America. (Planners who aren’t can still check out the digital edition, however, which is accessible via the Magazines section on www.meetingstoday.com.)

But back to the issue you’re reading now...make sure to check out our “Leads to Nowhere” feature, a perennial hot topic examining the thorny subject of RFP efficiency, with eRFPs now adding to the cacophony faced by planner and supplier alike.

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