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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

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On the meetings side, regardless of what happens in the larger economy, conference executives are seeing that they need to change the makeup of events they are producing because the audience that is returning is both younger and screen fatigued. Just don’t call it a trade show,” he advised. They have a bad reputation.

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Your IMEX America 2024 Recap: Day Two

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In addition to Hilton’s acquisitions, they also discussed Hilton’s 2025 Trends Report, in which the team surveyed 13,000 people, including 4,100 Hilton team members. “The first thing we came up with was Hilton Meeting Packages. The challenge, which took place in Bayside B, just off the show floor, was exhilarating.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) drew crowds to its trade show booth with a citywide interactive screen, which allowed users to access to hotel, convention and event spaces through the power of touch-screen technology. LVCVA developed the trade show booth over the past year in partnership with Inhance Digital.

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