Brooklyn, N.Y.-based independent journalist Jeff Heilman has been a Meetings Today contributor since 2004, including writing our annual Texas and Las Vegas supplements since inception. Jeff is also an accomplished ghostwriter specializing in legal, business and Diversity & Inclusion content.
From the newly expanded Savannah Convention Center to new hotels and outdoor spaces, the current investment wave in “Hostess City” is a home run for play and business.
Spanning 1,200-plus acres in the northeastern Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, perennial group favorite Woodloch Resort is at heart an immortalizing love story.
Now in her 32nd year as executive director of Visit Irving, Maura Gast shares with Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman her perspective on the cinema of it all in this “highlight reel.”
Reflecting on “the greatest job opportunity ever,” Texas food critic icon Patricia Sharpe dishes on her era-defining career with Meetings Today Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman.
Lindsey Brown, co-founder of the Southern Smoke Foundation, a national crisis relief organization for food and beverage workers, is supporting those impacted by the Texas Hill Country floods and beyond.
As New York City prepares to welcome the world to major events in 2026, including the FIFA Men’s World Cup and America250, industry leaders from the Big Apple share how leadership and experience have prepared them for the record-breaking year ahead.
Project highlights of the Austin Convention Center redevelopment and an overview of how existing and new venues and hotels are stepping in and stepping up during its closure.
