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.
Renowned urban historian Dr. Ricardo Romo, a former president of the University of Texas, recognized Joel Salcido as “one of the few seasoned Latino photo-journalist commentators of life on the Texas-Mexico Borderlands.”
Since 1981, photographer Al Rendón has collaborated with Visit San Antonio and other local organizations on promoting the city to convention groups and visitors, including serving on local tourism-related boards.
Through its “DC is Open” campaign, Destination DC (DDC) used IMEX as a platform to set the record straight: Washington, DC is fully open for meetings and events.
Hilton unveiled its 2026 Global Trends report entitled, “The Whycation: Travel’s New Starting Point,” the report is based on a survey of more than 20,000 adult travelers and Hilton Honors members in 14 countries around the globe.
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.
