1. Meetings, Expositions, Events and Conventions MEEC

2.  MEEC describes the expansive growth in innovation and trends within the hospitality industry  It does this by taking advantage of many active industry experts  The hospitality landscape is evolving at a fast rate with the evolving technological advancement and therefore need to become more social and engaging in their marketing efforts Introduction

3.  Hoteliers investing in new ways to keep with up technology in terms of acquiring property to take advantage of the market  Cease development and investment on the debts and equity side  Growth in online booking and reservation  An increase in the number of cell phone bookings and research Top industry trends

4.  More demand in the market on the average but not equally distributed  Revenue management will be more of a scientific approach as opposed to history  Social media will continue to transform and offer a connecting platform between travellers  Hoteliers will have to prepare for growth due to the stabilizing economy

5.  Brands investing more in deals and push in an attempt to secure a larger market share.  The penetration into the market by hoteliers will go along way in determining the pricing.

6.  In which other ways do you think social media will affect the MEEC?  How effective is MEEC? Discussion question

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