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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.

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Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center Conducts a Massive Security Exercise

Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center conducted a massive, full-scale security exercise that enlisted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Orange County Fire Rescue and Orange County Sheriff’s Office to put its emergency response plans to the test.

An Istanbul Immersion: Onsite at MPI's 2025 EMEC Event

Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, to participate in MPI's European Meetings & Events Conference. Here's his fun, short video encapsulating some of the highlights of his tour in the European/Asian metropolis before, during and after the show.

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Tariff Talk With Voices in Advocacy's Roger Rickard

Meetings Today’s Tyler Davidson engaged Voices in Advocacy’s Roger Rickard, the leading expert on political advocacy in the meetings industry and beyond, to gauge how the 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and now 20% on China—and reciprocal actions by those nations—may impact the industry.

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Game-Changing Developments in GOCAL: Sports, Entertainment and Meetings

GOCAL, the Southern California region between Los Angeles and Palm Springs with Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga, is going big via an impressive array of new and expanded meeting and event venues, hotels and attractions.

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MPI EMEC Celebrates Istanbul's Crossroads of Culture

MPI's European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) kicked off February 22 in Istanbul, an iconic city that straddles Europe and Asia and has served as a crossroads of civilizations and culture after rising to prominence as Constantinople, an imperial capital of the Roman Empire founded by emperor Constantine the Great.

Freeman's Bob Priest-Heck on His New 'Inside Live Events' Book

Former Freeman CEO Bob Priest-Heck discusses Inside Live Events, a book about meeting planning he co-authored with Freeman Chair of the Board Carrie Freeman Parsons.

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DMO Vet Al Hutchinson Leaving Visit Baltimore

Veteran DMO leader Al Hutchinson has decided not to renew his contract with Visit Baltimore, which expires June 30.

How GOCAL Is Going Big With a Massive Convention Center Expansion and More

Michael Krouse, president and CEO of Ontario, California's GOCAL, shares details surrounding the massive expansions and new projects in this SoCal standout between L.A. and Palm Springs.

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Ontario, California, Goes Big With Massive Convention Center Expansion

With a prime location between Los Angeles and Palm Springs, the GOCAL region is primed to bump it up a notch with a massive expansion of the Ontario Convention Center.

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4 Major Reasons Festive Fort Lauderdale Is Coming Into Its Own

Fort Lauderdale is definitely in a celebratory mood via the opening of the Pier Sixty-Six hotel/meetings/entertainment complex, a major convention center expansion and a growing emphasis on colorful arts and culture festivals and installations that showcase its festive Floridian personality.