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Read More Articles by Tyler Davidson

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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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Read More Articles by Taylor Smith

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Taylor Smith
Content Manager, Destinations

Taylor Smith joined Meetings Today magazine in May 2022 as a content developer, destinations and features and is the face behind the publication's column, "The Z: Planning for the Industry's Next Generation," which explores how to welcome, work with, understand and plan for the industry’s next wave of professionals, Gen Z. In addition to writing about the meetings and events industry’s newest and youngest members, Smith also covers top and trending meetings destinations as well as topics including wellness, sustainability, incentives, new and renovated properties and industry trends for Meetings Today.

PCMA Convening Leaders Resolute in Face of Omicron Surge, Flight Chaos

PCMA President & CEO Sherrif Karamat emphasized the meetings industry trade association’s annual Convening Leaders event, scheduled for January 9-12 in Las Vegas, will still be held in-person despite the surge in COVID-19 cases in the wake of the Omicron variant.

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Hospitality School Professors Share What Skills Future Planners Will Need

The skills needed for success as a meeting planner are quickly becoming core elements in the colleges and universities that are building the next generation of meeting professionals. Here is what meeting planners in the future will need to know, from the perspective of five leading professors of meetings and hospitality programs. 

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Newport and Providence Are on the Post-Pandemic Comeback Trail

Like many meetings destinations in the U.S., the Rhode Island cities of Providence and Newport weathered the pandemic by rolling up their sleeves to welcome new and renovated properties, as well as leisure travelers wanting a drive-to escape from housebound isolation.

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David Peckinpaugh Takes the Reins at Maritz

David Peckinpaugh is taking the reins at Maritz following the transition of CEO and Chairman Steve Maritz, who led the 127-year-old St. Louis-based travel industry and professional services giant for 25 years.

JUNO's Josh Hotsenpiller on Human Connection and PCMA

JUNO’s Josh Hotsenpiller sits down with Tyler Davidson to discuss the events platform’s big partnership with PCMA, and how everything we do comes down to one important concept: human connection.

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How Cvent Going Public (Again) Will Impact the Meetings Industry

Hospitality industry tech giant Cvent went public December 9, for the second time. The move will provide growth capital to a company that is already dominating the hospitality and meetings tech space.

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Visit Tucson’s Graeme Hughes Details Tucson’s Rise

The Southern Arizona destination of Tucson showed off its meetings lures to planners at Meetings Today LIVE!, but even bigger things are on tap. Visit Tucson’s Graeme Hughes gives us the skinny.

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Want Your Offsite Reception Hosted? Corpus Christi Has You Covered

Corpus Christi is promoting a Coast Your Own Way Meetings Offer that features the hosting of an opening or closing reception at one of six of the Gulf Coast destination’s premier offsite venues, ranging from Whataburger Field to the Art Museum of South Texas, the beach and even the USS Lexington.

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Destination Marketing Is Undergoing a Radical Shift—Here’s How

The DestinationNEXT 2021 Futures Study reported findings from six advisory panels, including a client panel comprised of meeting planners, event organizers and tour operators to reveal what DMO clients see as the future of destination marketing.

Corpus Christi's Reception Hosting Offer, and More

Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson discussed Visit Corpus Christi's meetings offer in which the destination will host an opening or closing reception in one of the destination's many interesting offsite venues. The CVB's Nicole Olivares details the Coast Your Own Way meetings offer and what the Gulf Coast destination offers for meetings and events.

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