After a two-year in-person hiatus, Event Service Professionals Association finally got back together in person in Kansas City. Here’s how these convention services professionals took care of business regarding health and safety protocols, and what you can learn from the successful experience.

We’ve all been on a collective, and also individual, journey with deep currents running through our consciousness and determining our future course. Meetings wellness expert Lee Papa taps into that current with her own reflections on everything we’ve been through during two years of pandemic that will shape the future.

City-wide conventions are coming back to Los Angeles. The nation's second-largest city held its first since the onset of the pandemic in early November.

The Biden Administration announced it will ease airline restrictions on travel to the U.S. for international visitors who have proof of a completed vaccination and can show a negative COVID-19 test.

As the world reopens and in-person meetings resume, sustainability has become even more important. Organizations have upped their game in reducing carbon emissions and addressing diversity, inclusion, accessibility and sustainability. These quick tips from MeetGreen's Nancy Zavada will get you started on the planning process

New Orleans was ready to launch new meeting venues even before the pandemic hit, so planners should reacquaint themselves with everything the Big Easy will be offering after the meetings and events industry returns to normal.

The path forward if often paved by lessons learned from difficult experiences. Here’s some of the meeting industry’s biggest takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it can emerge stronger than before.

Columbus’ business entities—from the hospitality community to the city government and higher education institutions— understood the important of meetings to the state capital. Here’s how they collaborated to create a safe and inclusive environment for groups.

These are the 2021 leaders who soared as the meetings and events industry recovers and moves forward.