Affordable Meetings National Recap

Sep 15

Ashley ChalmersNews, Trade Shows Event Industry Networking, hsmai affordable meeting, Keep America Meeting, meeting education, meeting industry No Comments

Last Wednesday and Thursday, we attended HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings National Show in Washington, DC.

The show was attended by over 2,000 meeting planners on the first day!

The education sessions throughout both days of the show were of the highest quality. Our personal favorites include Jonathan Tisch and Scott Klososky’s keynote speeches (more on Klososky in our next post).

Jonathan Tisch inspired us to fight for the meetings industry! He shared a video of how far the Keep America Meeting campaign has come and encouraged audience members to contact their Senators in support of the Travel Promotion Act. Ironically, the bill was passed the very next day.

Tisch shared that Loews hotels have adopted the mantra “value is the new luxury.” We think the saying is reflective of the trends across the entire industry – Affordable Meetings National was the perfect place to gather and discuss them!