Meetings Today blogger and contributing writer Joan Eisenstodt interviews successful meeting professionals about their interactions with mentors.

Meeting planners in the Meetings Today Market Trends Survey respond as to what worries them about the meetings industry.

Meetings Today's Joan Eisenstodt interviews major meetings and events industry job recruiters about what they see and ask regarding ethics.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews Paul A. Greenberg, a journalist, professor of communications and former hospitality industry member, about ethics.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews the Peterson family about multiple generations in the hospitality industry.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews Liz Erikson Marnul about multiple generations in the hospitality industry.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews mother and son Lesa P. Melvin and Jarad Melvin about multiple generations in the hospitality industry.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews members of the Rigling family about multiple generations in the hospitality industry.

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) acquired WINiT for Women, a career development network aimed at increasing visibility, mobility and development for women in the travel, meetings, events and exhibition industries. The acquisition will increase services for both organizations.

In my related Friday With Joan July 2018 blog post you’ll gain some insight into obstacles to professional development and ways to work around them. Reading is a relatively easy way to advance yourself and your career. Here, I provide some links and suggestions for your list.