California is set to allow gatherings of up to 5,000 people indoors and 10,000 outdoors without significant health and safety precautions. Following is the situation on the ground in three major California meetings and conventions destinations, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento.

Las Vegas is back in the large in-person convention business big time, with Informa Markets’ World of Concrete leading the way. Its June 8-10 convention serves as the first major event at the $1 billion West Hall expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Colorado Springs is certainly blessed with spectacular scenery and top resorts, but a number of new tourism and meetings developments is really raising its profile.

While many destinations suffered a calamity during the COVID-19 pandemic, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina’s leisure tourism market kept the coffers full, and some major renovation and new-build projects are welcoming back meetings and events groups.

he Events Industry Council launched a Sustainable Event Professional Certificate program that is eligible for CMP CEU credits. The certificate provides instruction via 16 course modules regarding topics related to sustainability, social impact and event management.

As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes in the U.S., meetings and events organizers are faced with the hot-button issue of requiring proof of vaccination, or “vaccine passports,” for admittance to events. Here’s what experts convened by the Event Leadership Institute think.

The pandemic statistics look good in the U.S., so the meetings and events industry is gearing up for the return of in-person gatherings. Here are the perspectives of five industry experts on where we’re at in the ramp-up back to in-person meetings.

Visit Phoenix named Ron Price, who previously led the Arlington Texas CVB and was the assistant executrive director of Visit San Antonio, as its new president and CEO.

Sacramento is poised to capture meetings and conventions business in the post-pandemic era with a major convention center expansion, new entertainment district and hotel openings.