Tyler Davidson
I got into my travel trade media career by first writing about the travel agent side of the business for TravelAge West and then Travel Weekly. I started covering the meetings and events side in 2000 for what is now Meetings Today. The thing I love the most about this industry is the incredibly interesting and nice people I meet while covering it, often in destinations and from cultural perspectives that are very different from my background. This industry is full of interesting people who are in it for all of the right reasons, which mainly center around cross-cultural understanding and providing a welcoming and intellectually stimulating environment during business events.
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In 1992, I started out as an editorial intern at a meetings-industry publication in New York, thinking that I would be there for a year or two and then move on to mainstream business journalism. But once I realized the size and importance of the business-events industry, I was hooked. And after more than 30 years, it still fulfills me to educate planners on creating better learning, interactions and experiences for businesspeople. I also enjoy spending time with my wife Kelley and our dog Ziggy, playing golf and motorcycling.
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As many do in this industry, I "fell" into meetings and events in May 2022, when a former editor of mine forwarded me an application for an open content developer position at Meetings Today. I realized within a few short weeks of writing about destinations and new and renovated properties that this "people-people" industry with a passion for travel and human connection is where I am meant to be. After a few months with the magazine, I started my own column called "The Z," exploring the next generation of business events industry professionals, and am proud to be the editorial lead of our brand-new digital publication, Incentives Today. If there's one thing I love most about the meetings industry, is the people I get to see and the places I get to be!
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My experience in this industry began with, well Meetings Today. I was one of four students from the University of Iowa to attend the Meetings Today LIVE! Events in 2025. It was all very much "right place right time," because I was selected to attend the first event of the year, and in September, I got a job on the editorial team. When I left the Meetings Today event in April, I said the best connections I made were with the Meetings Today team, and being a part of this team is by far my favorite part of this industry. As a content developer, my favorite section to write about is the new and renovated hotels. Each day I feel like I am transported to a new place.
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