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Meetings Industry Leader Marin Bright Passes Away

Image of Marin Bright on cover of Smart Meetings.
Image of Marin Bright on cover of Smart Meetings magazine.
Marin Bright on cover of Smart Meetings magazine.

Meetings and events industry leader Marin Bright, founder and CEO of Smart Meetings, passed away January 28 due to complications from surgery after a fall, according to a statement from Smart Meetings.

Bright had a very successful career in the hospitality and meetings and events industry that lasted four decades, including positions as a national sales manager for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and as West Coast sales manager for Meeting News, then owned by Miller Freeman and now owned by Northstar Meetings Group.

Bright worked for Stamats Communications, which owns Meetings Today magazine and MeetingsToday.com, from 1993-2001 in the role of publisher and finally vice president and publisher of titles such as Meetings West, Meetings South and Meetings East before founding Bright Business Media.

Industry accolades Bright has achieved include two Folio Top Women in Media Awards and recognition as a Legend by the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of PCMA. She was also named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the Event Industry by Eventex.

Stamats and Meetings Today mourn her passing and extend our condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. 

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Tyler Davidson | Editor, Vice President & Chief Content Director

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

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