Meetings Today LIVE! hosted its first live event of 2021 on the Island of Hawai`i. See how we made it happen!

Resume expert and meetings industry speaker Dawn Rasmussen’s pandemic experience was radically changed by saving an abandoned newborn deer, which she named Thor, and preparing him for a return to the wild.

Las Vegas is ready for in-person meetings, conventions and events to ramp up again, with new facility and venue expansions and stringent COVID-19 health and safety protocols for attendees.

Legal expert Tyra Warner offers some contract dos and don’ts for planners working with convention centers to plan large meetings during the pandemic.

Risk management expert Brenda Rivers shares tips to help meeting and event planners prepare for the “next normal” as in-person meetings and events begin to ramp up.

Business development speaker, author and futurist Scott Steinberg offers tips on how meeting and event planners, and others, can future-proof their careers during the current COVID-19 pandemic downturn.

Volan Technology’s Bluetooth-enabled Volan Positioning System allows meeting organizers to pinpoint attendees who may have been exposed to COVID-19 and immediately alert them.

Since the onset of the pandemic, the Dallas-Fort Worth area has adapted efficiently to serve clients who have wanted to continue safely with in-person meetings through 2020 and beyond. Read about three in-person events from 2020 in Dallas, Fort Worth and Plano.

View the results of the 2021 Meetings Today Trends Survey, with responses from meeting and event planners registered in the last quarter of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic roiled the meetings industry. Included are predictions for when the industry will rebound. Read more.