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.

While meetings and conventions took a pause in 2020 due to the pandemic, Columbus didn’t stop working to ensure that when the time came to return to in-person meetings, planners and attendees had all the tools they needed for a successful event.

How has incentive travel changed as programs resume post pandemic? Here are five trends to watch, according to incentive industry experts.

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.

Matthew Maddox, CEO of Wynn Resorts, thinks deep about what it means to be a leader, how Wynn Resorts navigated the pandemic, and why face-to-face meetings will only emerge stronger once COVID-19 is in the rear-view mirror.

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.