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.
Successive generations of women chef-restaurateurs are expanding the dimensions of Boston’s culinary scene, which can be enjoyed by meeting groups today.
Major infrastructure upgrades, new market opportunities, planner confidence and other reenergizing boosts are setting the stage for a robust return to action.
Rooted in Western heritage that defined Vegas’ founding days, The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is a case study in maximum special event leverage. Plus, more Western-inspired possibilities in Las Vegas.
In this Q&A with Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board's Scott Higgins, discover how group business in Valley Forge and Montgomery County is posed to rebound.
Philadelphia's top-down focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) paves the way forward for meetings and events. Gregg Caren and Greg DeShields at PHLCVB detail their continuing mission around DEI in the meetings industry.
While new developments accelerate in Las Vegas and other reliable group markets—from Reno and Lake Tahoe to Henderson—these long-standing, historic venues continue to innovate and anchor the meetings industry.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic—the last major IMEX exhibition of any type was held in 2019—IMEX America 2021 filled attendees with the warm fuzzies as it lit up the Las Vegas Strip with thousands of stories of industry relationships rekindled.
While adjusting for the Delta variant has caused some short-term decline, the accelerating return of large scale in-person meetings and events to the bellwether Las Vegas market and beyond is a harbinger of post-pandemic recovery.
