Many event professionals found themselves in the position of rethinking how they design events after 2020 and the onset of the tumultuous COVID-19
January 04, 2023
Megan Henshall on Designing Inclusive Events and Attracting the Next Generation
January 01, 2023
Now Playing: Los Angeles Meetings & Conventions
In Los Angeles, planners become producers, and your attendees have the starring roles. The mainstays and main characters are sunshine and scenery—two
December 29, 2022
Contract Strategies for the Evolving Marketplace
Does your hotel contract address risk reduction and cost containment measures? Are you confident that you have a course of action to mitigate damages
December 29, 2022
Event Food & Beverage: Advancing Access, Equity and Sustainability
As event professionals, you understand food and beverage's crucial role in creating exceptional experiences for attendees. But have you considered
December 29, 2022
Meeting and Event Risk and Contingency Planning: Recalculating What We Thought We Knew
In April 2023, Joan Eisenstodt guided us through a recalculation of site selection and how to determine what to consider rather than just “rates-
December 29, 2022
The Strategy & ROI of Supplier Diversity
Examining how we do business in the meetings and events industry through the DEI lens is leading to increased awareness of how we design events,
December 29, 2022
Site Selection & Inspection: Recalculating the Basics
If you drive or are a passenger in a car with a GPS, you have heard “recalculating” when the car goes in a not-expected direction. That's where we
December 29, 2022
Deborah Gardner’s Speakers Resolutions for 2023
Editor’s note: This is the first installation of our new, semi-regular Supplier Side column, which gives a voice to meetings professionals who
December 29, 2022
A Thoughtfully Planned Setting, Both Inside and Out
Greater Ontario, California is where it’s happening. Not only has this area become the ultimate destination for meeting planners who prioritize an
December 29, 2022
4 Napa and Sonoma Wineries That Meeting Groups Will Savor
The Wine Country of Napa and Sonoma counties epitomizes the good life, in California and beyond. Give your groups a taste of this good life at the
December 27, 2022
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Announces Key Appointments to Executive Team
Following the announcement that Fontainebleau Development and Koch Real Estate Investments, with J.P Morgan as administrative agent, had secured a
December 27, 2022
Las Vegas Fontainebleau Secures $2.2B in Financing
Developers of Fontainebleau
December 22, 2022
20 Holiday Cocktail Recipes From Your Favorite Hotels
A handful of hotels you love for meetings have graciously opened up their recipe books to gift our readers some truly fun, creative cocktails to make
December 21, 2022
Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority Taps Bryan Miller as General Manager for the Charlotte Convention Center
Following its recent completion of a $126.9 million renovation, the Charlotte Convention Center, operated by the Charlotte Regional Visitors
December 21, 2022
The Secret About Alabama as a Meetings Destination Is Getting Out
Boasting some of the best, if unheralded, beaches in the U.S., as well as an aerospace industry that sent man to the moon and venues that
December 21, 2022
10 Steps to Demystifying Hybrid Event Budgets
Editor's note: This article, provided by the Event Leadership Institute, was part of an eHandbook collaboration between Meetings Today and ELI.
December 20, 2022
The Most-Read Meetings Today Stories of 2022
Emerging from the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 will be known as the Great Recovery in the meetings and events industry, and our most-read
December 19, 2022
Kingston Resorts Unveils $65 Million Renovation in Myrtle Beach
Following the completion of
December 18, 2022
CSR: Best Practices for Giving Back
Explore the Top 3 questions you should ask to be sure your next teambuilding doesn’t suck...the air out of the room! The Great Resignation is
December 18, 2022
Meetings Cost-Saving Strategies
Meeting professionals must be savvier than ever, with food and beverage pricing through the roof, room rates on the rise and additional hotel fees