Terri Hardin covers destination infrastructure and trends for meetings and events. For more than two decades, she has toured convention centers, measured venues, and sampled amenities all over the world so that meeting and event planners can make informed decisions.
In times of uncertainty, SMERF meetings are more important than ever. The following examples illustrate why SMERF meetings are endlessly essential, and how various groups are growing their success.
The Inland Empire now ranks as the 12th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., thanks to Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga, the largest cities of Greater Ontario. And the region is investing in its future big time.
Convention centers are created to make money and provide recognition for their host cities. Once in place, however, they can become agents of change for the better. Here’s how major convention centers in the Pacific Northwest do it.
For a city of 546,574 people, Tucson has become a busy, busy place. Nowhere is that more evident than at the 233,000-square-foot Tucson Convention Center.
