Articles tagged “Marriott”

With so many new resorts coming online, the region is poised for growing business from U.S. groups who want to stay close to home.

A convention center overhaul and a long-awaited headquarters hotel aim to strengthen Cincinnati’s ability to compete for larger national meetings as mid-sized destinations invest to capture shifting event demand.

This boutique event venue in Detroit is a unique arrangement for Marriott which, until now, has focused on combined convention space-hotel room bookings.

Marriott is betting that Connect Responsibly is the right tool for planners pressured to showcase tangible environmental commitments for their events.

Sotheby’s and Marriott have teamed up to auction off two high-end travel experiences. With bidding closing soon, are these exclusive packages extraordinary enough to attract the VIPs they are aimed at?

Another glance into the crystal ball for events in 2024 this time by Marriott International predicts a few grand trends including the return of large meetings, appealing to Gen Z, an ongoing bleisure love story among others.

Marriott will introduce its first property in the Turks and Caicos Islands while Fort George Hotel & Spa was unveiled in Belize City. Can these new properties deliver on the incentive experience planners are counting on?

By now it's old news that business professionals are looking for bleisure travel experiences. How can meeting planners and event organizers capitalize on this growing movement? Here are five ideas for five different types of events.

In this video from the Skift Meetings Forum 2023, we hear from Glenn Stress, VP of global B2B events and programs for Marriott International, and Naomi Claire Crellin, founder and CEO of StoryCraft Labs, about how their six guiding principles for experience design in the meetings and events industry can help planners cut through the clutter to design more inclusive, immersive and playful events.

Belonging is a focus of the “Guiding Principles in Experience Design” study released during Marriott’s Association Masters Customer Conference. The gathering showcased both the benefits and challenges of fostering belonging at meetings and events.