Travel + Leisure's World's Best Summit
The travel industry's most influential CEOs, founders, hoteliers, and decision-makers gathered for a dynamic exchange of ideas shaping the future of travel for the annual Travel + Leisure World's Best Summit. Curated by Editor in Chief Jacqueline Gifford, the annual summit was designed to spark meaningful conversations, strengthen industry connections, and deliver exclusive insights into the trends shaping luxury hospitality.
Curated programming explored AI-driven personalization, domestic tourism, social media strategy, inclusive travel, consumer behavior, and the evolving definition of luxury service. Industry leaders took the stage alongside Travel + Leisure editors, including headline conversations with Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of People Incorporated and Expedia Group; Caleb Silver, Chief Business Editor, People Inc.; and Oscar-winning actress, director, and producer Regina King.
Our team led the event's production and creative design, creating a polished environment that reflected the prestige of the Travel + Leisure brand while encouraging intentional engagement. Tailored networking breaks, premium hospitality experiences, and an evening cocktail reception gave attendees opportunities to connect beyond the stage, transforming the conference into an immersive gathering for the travel industry's most influential voices.
The result was a seamless, high-impact event that successfully brought together the leaders shaping the future of global travel and reinforced the World's Best Summit as a premier gathering for thought leadership and collaboration.
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Guests received their first taste of technological innovation at registration, where they were welcomed by name on a reactive LED screen installation covering the full width of the entry wall. A large lunch café was created with a décor scheme that incorporated custom-built, ceiling-high steel LED frames draped with foliage to create smaller, intimate restaurant-style spaces that displayed both technology and nature.
A series of breakout sessions presented content targeted to attendees’ varied interests, while imagery displayed throughout the venue showcased real-life applications of how products designed to empower developers help to unleash the power of data and reimagine possibilities that will improve our world.
Every element of Microsoft Connect(); from registration, breakfast and keynote, to lunch and evening cocktails, were custom-designed to communicate exacting brand messaging and to deliver a high-touch guest experience to this important audience. The keynote and breakout sessions were livestreamed through an onsite studio built for this purpose and content was watched online by millions around the world.
Empire is proud to collaborate with Microsoft on this annual, top-tier business communication event.
To view excerpts of Connect(); 2017, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/connectevent
