American Express Business Travel Forecast Reflects Positive Meetings Outlook

Tyler Davidson

 

Meeting and event planners see the light at the end of the tunnel, with in-person training and internal engagement leading the recovery, according to the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast, produced by American Express Meetings & Events, a division of American Express Global Business Travel.

The 11th edition of the annual forecast, released November 9 at IMEX America, also garners planner perspectives on virtual and hybrid meetings, how they think their budgets will fare, the cost of key components and the relevance of issues such as sustainability and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion).

Want to discover the results? Listen to Tyler Davidson's Meetings Today Podcast interview with Gerardo Tejado, general manager for Meetings & Events, American Express Meetings & Events, and Amanda Chamov, marketing manager, for this compelling reveal of the global business travel giant's major annual survey.

Gerardo Tejado
Gerardo Tejado

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The 2022 Forecast is based on a survey of 500 meetings and events professionals and interviews with top industry experts. The survey and interviews took place from June to July 2021. Respondents represented corporations, associations, buyers, and suppliers across 31 countries. The result is a statistically and globally representative snapshot of what to expect in the meetings and events industry in 2022.

Some highlights from the report include (infographics courtesy of American Express Meetings & Events):

Infographic The Way Forward

 

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Interested in learning more? Access the full report.

More IMEX America coverage: MeetingPlay's Joe Schwinger on the Future of Events

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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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