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Rob Carey
Content Manager, Features & News

Rob Carey serves as content manager, news and features for Meetings Today, where he leads coverage of the latest trends, happenings, data and insights related to corporate meetings and incentives as well as association conventions and exhibitions.

 

Carey has been covering the business-events industry since 1992, when he was hired as an intern at Successful Meetings magazine in New York while still a student at Columbia University. During his 15 years at SM’s parent company Nielsen, Carey moved steadily through the ranks to become editorial director for Successful Meetings, Meeting News and the Meeting World conference and exhibition. SM and MN won several FOLIO: Eddie Awards for editorial coverage during his tenure.  

 

Carey then spent 11 years as principal of Meetings & Hospitality Insight, covering not just the MICE market for various industry publications but also writing about business disciplines such as hotel management, golf-facility management, small-business operations, middle-market leadership and others. For several years he wrote the annual trends white paper for the International Association of Conference Centers.  

 

In 2018, Carey became a senior content producer for MeetingsNet, an Informa media brand, and a panel moderator for Informa’s Pharma Forum annual event. 

 

Come September 2025, he moved to Meetings Today.  

 

A native of New York  Carey now resides in the Phoenix/Scottsdale metro area with his wife Kelley and their dog Ziggy. 

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With Its Convention Center Closed, Austin Gets Creative to Host Citywides

With the Austin Convention Center closed until early 2029, the mega-event SXSW has adapted its format in order to stay in Austin, while a few hotels have joined forces to host citywide business events smoothly.

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Northeastern Blizzard Wrecks Business Travel Nationwide

From Boston to New York to Miami to Chicago to Dallas and elsewhere, more than 5,000 flights—22 percent of the entire U.S. flight schedule—were canceled on February 23. Another 3,000 were canceled on February 24. Even into February 25, problems still remain for midweek meetings in many cities.

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A Breath of Fresh Air at Meetings

Incorporating brief breathwork sessions into meetings—and persuading attendees of the benefits—can boost their performance on site and everywhere else.

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The Latest on Meeting and Incentive Programs Stuck in Western Mexico

Shelter-in-place advisories and cancelled flights in the resort-heavy destination of Puerto Vallarta had group-program organizers invoking crisis plans. However, flights to the U.S. and Canada resumed on February 24.

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The Winter Olympics Prove In-Person Events Are Essential

As the Milan-Cortina extravaganza wraps up, meetings-industry leaders are driving home the point that technology cannot deliver the emotional and motivational benefits of face-to-face gatherings. 

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Airport-Security Delays Likely With TSA Budget Lapse

The federal budget impasse has defunded DHS and TSA. Airport security checkpoints will likely see delays.

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Lessons From AI Power Users for Planning Meetings

Two “Day 1” AI adopters share what they’ve learned in the three years they’ve been using it for business events

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ICE Affecting Business Events; Which Cities Are Next?

A large corporate show was canceled just outside Minneapolis due to ICE enforcement activity. Meanwhile, ICE appears ready to ramp up activity in dozens of other cities. Here's what planners should know.

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Louisville to Get a 1,000-Room HQ Hotel by 2030

The iconic Humana Tower near the Kentucky International Convention Center will receive a full redesign to become a group-focused property.

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Arizona: Bigger and Better for Meetings in 2026 and Beyond

There’s so much happening in the meeting and incentive destinations of “State 48.” Here are updates from Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tucson and Flagstaff.

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