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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.

Pittsburgh’s Sports Venues Offer Thrilling Offsite Meetings Options

While Pittsburgh has moved on from its industrial roots and now boasts thriving arts and culture venues, sports are still near to the city’s heart. Here are three sports venues that are great for offsite events.

Association Chat's KiKi L'Italien on ASAE's Annual and Current Association Trends

Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson chats with KiKi L'Italien, host of Association Chat podcast and senior consultant with Tecker International, about ASAE's Annual Meeting & Exposition, including the successes and challenges of its stringent COVID-19 testing policy.

Rendering of Dallas Convention Center, aerial.

Massive New Convention Center Project Set to Transform Downtown Dallas

Dallas is barreling ahead with a game-changing $2 billion convention center project that will also create a whole new entertainment district in the heart of the city, allowing the destination to accommodate a much larger set of convention clients.

ASAE Annual Snaps 3-Year Pandemic Drought in Nashville

After a three-year pandemic-era hiatus, ASAE’s Annual Meeting & Exposition was back with a splash in Nashville, a destination that barreled through the pandemic at a torrid clip in terms of hotel and other tourism-related development.

Rendering of Dallas Convention Center expansion, street view.

Visit Dallas Chief Craig Davis Details Dallas' Massive Convention Center Expansion

Dallas is embarking on a $2 billion convention center expansion that will also result in a new downtown entertainment district and neighborhood. Visit Dallas President & CEO Craig Davis goes over the details of this massive project that will reposition the city as a top meetings and conventions draw.

GBTA Trends Report Pushes Back Business Travel Recovery Hopes

A report from the Global Business Travel Association pours cold water on expectations that post-pandemic business travel will fully recover by 2024, pushing it to 2026.

Tahira Endean, Head or Programme, IMEX Group

IMEX America Preview: Tahira Endean on an Educational Program Reformatting

IMEX Group is embarking on a three-year strategy to consolidate and redesign its educational offering for its two industry-leading shows. Tyler Davidson talked with new IMEX Group Head or Programme Tahira Endean to get the details on that as well as some other new features of the 11th edition of the event.

DIY Planner-Friendly Small-Meetings Tech Solution Launched

A new small- and simple-meetings technology solution has been launched via a partnership with Intent Strategy Group, the consulting division of Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, and events software company Bizly.

Peer Into the Future: A Cvent Case Study on Hybrid Extended Engagement

Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson talks with Cvent's Rachel Andrews and Patrick Smith about their experience producing the hospitality tech giant's Cvent Travel Summit, which featured specialized content for different subsets of audience and multiple event formats, as well as in-person elements in two different countries before and after the main production.

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Good News, Bad News in Simpleview Sales Performance Report

While 2022 bookings lag 2019 bookings by 30%, sales leads are approaching 2019 levels in the first half of 2022, according to a new quarterly sales report issued by Simpleview revealing booking data compiled from its 215 DMO clients.