How Hybrid Events Are Here To Stay

Andy McNeill is a travel and hospitality entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in his profession. He is the CEO and founder of American Meetings, Inc., an industry-leading meetings and events agency that produces thousands of live and virtual meetings annually for Fortune 500 clients. He is also the co-host of the Destination Everywhere Podcast, a top travel, and hospitality podcast that highlights bucket-list destinations, luxury hotels, local cuisine, and must-do activities. Andy is a significant voice in the hospitality, meeting, and travel industries. Join us today and learn more about American Meetings services and The Destination Everywhere Podcast. This episode is sponsored by Hostfully! Hostfully is an industry-leading software company that provides property managers and hoteliers with a property management platform and amazing digital custom guidebooks that will make your guests' experience with you 10X better! Use SLICKTALK20 to get $100 off of their property management platform and two months free of their premium digital guidebooks! In this episode, we explore: 02:50 - Background of the guest 04:10 - How American Meetings Inc. started? 07:20 - Virtual Events 09:48 - What are Hybrid Events? 12:52 - Destination Everywhere Podcast 16:55 - Biggest Key Takeaways in the Podcast 19:51 - What are “4 Seasons” Experience 23:49 - Futuristic Hotel Concept 25:15 - Flexible Lodging 27:57 - Finding Ways to Innovate the Business Operation Quotes from the episode “Business is important but experience is first.” Connecting with the Guest: Instagram - @atmcneill @americanmeetingsinc @destinationeverywherepodcast Facebook - @americanmeetings @destinationeverywherepodcast https://www.facebook.com/andy.mcneill LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-mcneill https://www.linkedin.com/company/ami-global-meetings-solutions-inc. Twitter - @amermeetings Slick Talk Website & Socials: https://bit.ly/3uCsm6H Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices