Destinations

Choosing the right destination can make or break your event. The perfect venue isn’t just about location but also about creating the right atmosphere, securing the best deal, and ensuring a seamless experience for attendees.

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At Skift Meetings, we bring you expert insights on how to:

  • Partner effectively with venues to get the best service and support.
  • Discover the most innovative hotels and event spaces worldwide.
  • Enhance attendee experience with the right destination strategy.

From luxury hotels to unconventional venues, we showcase exceptional options for your event – whether it’s a corporate retreat, conference, or large-scale industry gathering.

Explore top event destinations and get insider tips on how to get the most out of each unique setting.

Destinations

Leveraging Local Intellectual Capital for Memorable Conventions

Most people come to conventions for learning and networking. When either of those is lackluster, you’ll see a drop in attendance. Yet, maintaining top-notch education and innovative discourse can be difficult. That’s why many savvy conference planners are looking at the possibilities of leveraging local intellectual capital to create genuinely memorable conventions. Here’s how you can begin doing the same.
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Destinations

How a Last-Minute Destination Change Maximized Event Attendance Numbers [Case Study]

A last-minute switch by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to select Calgary, Alberta as the destination for its International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, showed the destination’s flexibility of offerings and agileness. What was expected to be a smaller turn out due to the change, became one of IEEE ICASSP’s best attended conferences in many years.
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