Checking In: Meetings “R” Us

May 19, 2017

Tyler Davidson

As we plunge headlong into summer, the season for some of the top meetings industry conferences and tradeshows starts to pick up steam. May featured the inaugural voyage of ASAE’s Xperience Design Project, XDP for short, which at press time I’m particularly looking forward to covering as it promises to really focus on the nuts and bolts of the meetings experience. Look for coverage on MeetingsToday.com and in the July print issue.

This month, MPI WEC will take place in Las Vegas, a location that always sparks good attendance numbers, and hot on its heals are DMAI and ASAE, with IMEX America serving as the crescendo in October. If there’s one thing we do well in this business, it’s meet!

We had our own successful kickoff of our annual Meetings Today Live! events, with the California edition held in San Diego in March. These hosted-buyer programs just keep getting better and better, so if you want to check out the upcoming shows, head over to www.MeetingsToday.com/Live to see for yourself.

In This Issue
Our June issue sings the praises of some great off-site options—opera houses—in our Special Venues section. From the most awe-inspiring classic theaters to ultramodern showpieces in the U.S. and beyond, these meetings are sure to hit a “high C” with attendees.

This issue also features the third sailing of our new In Balance section, which explores four top U.S. wellness retreats along with a “Pick 3” sidebar featuring speaker, author and coach Angela Gaffney, who provides some personal productivity techniques you can use to power up your day

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