Tyler Davidson has covered the travel trade for more than 30 years. In his current role with Meetings Today, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the best meetings content in the industry.
From ethnic eateries to fine dining and its traditional, old school see-and-be-seen steak-and-potatoes restaurants, Washington, D.C., is a dining destination like few others. Washingtonian Food Editor Jessica Sidman shares some of her favorite District cuisine scene options.
Direct spending on travel in the U.S. in 2022 was on par with pre-pandemic numbers, but inflation had a major impact, according to new data released by the U.S. Travel Association to coincide with the travel industry’s annual Destination Capitol Hill trip to Congress to meet with federal policymakers.
The booming capital city of North Carolina, Raleigh, is revving full-throttle into the future, with an exploding technology sector in and around Research Triangle Park and a downtown that seems made for citywide meetings with a DMO and city government always amenable to turning over the keys to the city.
Meetings Today touched base with two leading DEI proponents, Greg DeShields, executive director of Tourism Diversity Matters, and Sheila Alexander-Reid, executive director diversity for PHL Diversity (a division of the Philadelphia CVB) to get their take on successes as well as the challenges ahead.
California is taking a leading role in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the tourism and meetings and events industries. Here are three Golden State tourism and education leaders who are blazing the way to a more equitable future for all.
Meetings industry veteran leader David DuBois, president and CEO of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, announced he will retire effective December 31, 2023, after a tenure of 11 years at the association.
Fueled by a culturally diverse, progressive and globally competitive community, San Antonio has emerged as one of the most productive environments in the U.S. to do business, with a long list of growing industry sectors.
Meetings Today touched base with Cooper at IACC's Americas Knowledge Exchange, its renamed annual conference that seeks to strengthen both the bonds of knowledge and integrate an influx of new leaders into the world of that thoroughbred meeting facility, conference centers.
The New Orleans area meetings and events industry gathered at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans March 30 to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2023, joining colleagues from across the globe who marked the occasion in their own destinations.
