Tourism Australia presented the 2024 version of its signature incentive showcase, Australia Next, in Cairns, North Queensland, with a separate post-fam to Gold Coast, a thriving beach city. In both places, Meetings Today inspected some drop-dead gorgeous offsite venues for groups.

Istanbul is a city that reveals itself on its own terms for travelers who invest the time and energy to unpeel its many layers. A pre-MPI EMEC fam tour helped Meetings Today’s Tyler Davidson discover its myriad lures.

More than 500 incentive travel professionals traveled to Tulum, Mexico, for SITE’s annual Global Conference, taking place March 3-6 at the Hilton Tulum Riviera Maya All-Inclusive Resort.

MPI's European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) kicked off February 22 in Istanbul, an iconic city that straddles Europe and Asia and has served as a crossroads of civilizations and culture after rising to prominence as Constantinople, an imperial capital of the Roman Empire founded by emperor Constantine the Great.

The Super Bowl LIX host city New Orleans is a destination tailor-made for the spotlight, adding its signature brand of revelry, culture and cuisine to an undertaking that has become the quintessential U.S. cultural statement to the world.

From alluring international destinations to tours of some up-and-coming U.S. locales, Meetings Today editors were lucky enough to experience some of the best of what the industry has to offer through their travels.

Few destinations have shaped the course of history more than Spain’s eight-province Andalucía region. As my recent press trip to Sevilla and Granada with Meliá Hotels International revealed, the present is one of lightness, ease and indelible impressions, including a singular history of meetings and events.

I had the opportunity to experience Marriott’s Convention & Resort Network’s Summer in the City event July 10-12 in Chicago, and it’s easy to see why they’ve managed to take what used to be connecting at Cubs game and turn it into a nationwide meetings industry networking tour.

I only had 24 hours to spend in Seattle as a speaker at this year’s CEMA Summit. Here’s how I experienced all the destination has to offer despite my busy conference schedule.  

New Orleans’s infrastructure and 26,000-plus hotel rooms may literally make it a city “Built to Host,” but its distinct culture gives the Big Easy a welcoming spirit with an uplifting creative atmosphere that’s unlike anywhere else.