You send it. Then you wait a week. We're ending that, starting October 27th.
MeetingTraveler™ is a new kind of industry event. At lunch, on stage, we're showing technology that answers the only questions that matter: is the space there, and does the program fit your dates and your price. Answered on the spot, not a week later, not never. We build it out market by market from there. Everything here is inverted, on purpose. Starting with who does the choosing.
Space, dates, price: see it answered on the spot, live on stage
Every meeting validated before you sit down
Eighteen hotels, every one there because planners asked
A 4-course inverted lunch, dessert comes first
Forty minutes to ask the industry panel anything
Register for $25, get it back as an Amazon gift card at check-in
What you can expect
One focused half-day, built entirely around you: a live look at technology that flips how sourcing gets done, eighteen hotels that planners asked for, and connections that actually matter.

Validated Buyer Meetings™, Not Another Rotation
Our founder invented the five-minute SpeedMeetings™ format sixteen years ago. Then the industry copied it, forced it, and diluted it into a rotation nobody enjoys. So he retired his own invention, and MeetingTraveler built something entirely new: ten-minute meetings held only where validated business exists. If someone is across your table, there's a reason.

Hotels Curated Around You, Not the Reverse
Here's our inversion: planners register first, and name the properties and brands they're actually sourcing. The eighteen hotels in the room are the ones planners asked for, each matched to real programs, so every conversation is one both sides want to have.

Networking With Peers and Industry Experts
Trade ideas with fellow planners who get it, and build real relationships with the hoteliers and experts who can move your next program forward. Meaningful connections, not another name-badge shuffle.

A 4-Course Inverted Working Luncheon
Dessert comes first, the meal is bookended by sweetness, and your seat was chosen before you arrived: friends on one side, strategic matches on the other. You'll be talking; we'll be working.
The White Elephant Gift Raffle
Eighteen hotels bring eighteen gifts, from gift baskets to 1, 2, and 3-night stays. But can you remember what's been opened, so you know what to steal when your name is called?

See It Work: A Live Technology Showcase
Our founder went quiet for two years. The truth? He was building the technology he'd imagined for a decade. Watch it perform live on stage as a real planner's real meeting is put to the test right in front of you.
MeetingTraveler will change how this industry meets. What's on stage at lunch will change how it works.
Explore our Agenda

Registration and networking
Your experience begins the moment you arrive. Start your day at your convenience with complimentary valet, breakfast hors d’oeuvres, and freshly brewed coffee. Reconnect with familiar faces, network with industry leaders, and kick off an inspiring, productive afternoon.
Validated Buyer Meetings™
No rotations, no roulette. Your schedule was built before you walked in: ten focused minutes with each hotel that matches what you're actually sourcing. Every meeting validated, every minute earned.
4-Course (Inverted) Plated Working Luncheon
Why have three courses when you can have four? This lunch is inverted. Dessert comes first, the meal is bookended by sweetness, and while you're talking, we'll be working.
It's all about you: Curated Seating
Sit with familiar faces and meet the right people. We’ve strategically curated your table to spark meaningful conversations, foster valuable connections, and ensure everyone has a place in the conversation.
Welcome by Jacob Ahrens & Our Host Hotel
A word of gratitude to the property hosting us, followed by a founder’s perspective on the question everyone has been asking: where has he been for the past two years?
The Launch: An Industry First, Live On Stage
Every industry has one. Retail has had it for 35 years. Group hospitality never has, until now. Witness an industry first brought to life, featuring a real planner and a real meeting, live on stage: is the space there, does the program fit, at your dates and your price. Answered on the spot instead of a week later. See it work live, with a real planner's real program.
Ask the Industry Panel Anything
Forty minutes of open Q&A with our founders and an industry panel of experts: explore what you just witnessed, ask what's on your mind, and get the answers that matter most.
White Elephant Gift Raffle
Eighteen hotels. Eighteen unforgettable gifts. From curated gift baskets to 1-, 2-, and 3-night stays. But can you remember what’s been opened long enough to make the perfect steal when your name is called?
Attendee Departure
Complimentary valet provided. Your follow-up is booked before you leave the table.
Supplier Access Is Invite Only
MeetingTraveler™ participation is reserved for invited hotels, resorts, and destinations.
Enter your invitation code to explore available participation options.
FAQs
Answers to the questions planners ask us most. If yours isn't covered here, reach out and we'll get you sorted.
A half-day industry event coming to cities across North America. Planners register first and name what they're sourcing, so the eighteen luxury hotels in the room are the ones planners asked for. You get ten-minute Validated Buyer Meetings™ held only where real business exists, a four-course inverted working luncheon, and a live look at technology a decade in the making. It's fun, it's productive, and it's built entirely around you.
MeetingTraveler™ is designed for corporate, association, and independent meeting and event planners with a history of sourcing and booking group business. Register for your city, and our team will review and confirm your registration within 48 hours.
Because your seat matters. The eighteen hotels at each event are curated around the planners who register, so every registration shapes the room. The $25 simply confirms you're coming, and the moment you check in, we hand it right back to you as a $25 Amazon gift card. Show up, and the event costs you nothing.
Backwards, and on purpose. Planners register first; then we curate the eighteen hotels around the programs and destinations the room actually books. You won't wade through properties that don't fit you, and every hotel knows the planners across the table are worth meeting.
When you register, you tell us what you're sourcing and which properties, brands, and destinations matter to you. We validate the fit, then build your personal meeting schedule: ten focused minutes per meeting, only with hotels that match your business. No rotations, no chasing, and nothing to pre-schedule. If there's a fit, follow-ups happen on the spot.
You'll meet the ones that fit, and that's the point. Your meetings are validated against what you're actually sourcing, so no one's time gets spent on courtesy conversations. You'll still share the luncheon, the networking, and the raffle with all eighteen, so the right hallway conversation can always happen.
We can't tell you yet, and that's on purpose. What we can say: our founder spent two quiet years building the technology he'd imagined for a decade, and you'll watch it work live, with a real planner's real meeting. Then you can ask us anything.
Yes, please. Between the curated hotels in the room and what we're showing on stage, there's no better place to bring them.
This is a working business luncheon, so no personal guests. If your guest is a planner or a client who books meetings, have them register and we'll review their qualifications like everyone else's.
Typically one per company, so more organizations get a seat at the table. Exceptions can be made for planners who run separate programs with separate clients; just note it when you register.
Yes. Every meeting on your schedule exists because a hotel asked to meet you and you asked to meet them. An empty chair breaks a promise both sides made. Besides, dessert comes first, the raffle closes the day, and your $25 comes back at check-in. Leaving early is just bad math.
Business attire, and bring your fashion A-game. Cameras will be out all day, from the meetings to the raffle, and you will want these photos. This is an event, not another Tuesday at your desk. Dress like it.
With the valet, on us. Complimentary valet parking is provided at every event. One exception: New York City. Who drives in NYC?
They're announced as each event approaches, because the lineup is curated around who registers. Registered planners receive the hotel list before event day.
The roadshow runs through 2027 and many markets repeat. If you don't see your city yet, reach out and we'll let you know when we're headed your way.
This tour is a limited engagement: 39 cities through December 2027, and when the tour is done, it's done. You may see the MeetingTraveler name again in 2028, in a new form, because what we're building is bigger than one roadshow. But this event, in this format, is a one-time run. The copycats are welcome to the format. We'll be busy.

About us
MeetingTraveler™ was created by a team that has produced more than 2,000 events for the meetings industry over the past two decades. We know what works, we know what wastes your time, and we built this event to deliver only the former.
Our founder created the SpeedMeetings™ concept for the hospitality industry. The copycats diluted it. So we built something entirely new.
After two quiet years, our founder returned with something he'd been imagining for a decade, and MeetingTraveler is where it comes to life: a roadshow built entirely around planners, where every hotel, every seat, and every minute is intentional.

Get in Touch
Questions about attending, the schedule, or anything else? Send us a note and we'll get back to you.
Be in the room when everything changes.
One focused half-day, eighteen hotels curated around you, and a live look at what's next for our industry. Your $25 registration comes right back at check-in.

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