IACC's 2023 Meeting Room of the Future survey—the first since Covid shut down the meetings industry—registers a variety of evolving planner preferences. IACC chief Mark Cooper reveals some of the most significant.

When it comes to enviable places to hold a meeting, Newport Beach, California, certainly carries itself with a lot of swagger, and its refined elegance will leave attendees heartily impressed.

American Anthropological Association planner Nate Wambold has taken massive strides making the association’s events accessible. Here is his advice for his meeting professional colleagues on how to start their journey, and the proper mindset to strive for.

Located at the foot of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the sprawling, mile-long Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort is a gaming, entertainment, meetings and events gem sprouting from the massive green expanse of the southern Appalachians. Its tribal success story is what may resonate most, however.

Plant-based cuisine is a growing fine-dining trend, with luxury properties that cater to high-end meetings, such as is Rosewood Miramar Beach, taking the plunge into meatless options. 

From funny and inspiring to even a tad naughty, we hope you enjoy the following four songs about planning meetings and events that were co-written onsite by Meetings Today LIVE! South attendees and performed in the hallowed rotunda of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

With stunning natural scenery, a thriving agricultural engine, a luxury ski resort town and a major city that has become a magnet for the tech industry and migration from other U.S. regions, Idaho is that up-and-coming destination that may intrigue your attendees with its wealth of possibilities.

With a mission of bringing life sciences meetings to the city, PHL Life Sciences connects planners with its advisory council, representing heavy hitters from the top medical and science institutions in the region, and many leading meeting venues and institutions.

Philadelphia can be all things to all people, it seems, offering a blend of historic and contemporary lures that make it an easy fit for virtually any type of meeting.