Craft beer is a big deal on Galveston Island. Events include the popular annual BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival, hosted each Labor Day weekend by Moody Gardens and venues around Galveston.

In what is yet be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, Galveston did not pay its customary price.

Valley Forge Casino Resort is located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Meetings Today spoke with Lani Baird to get an inside look at the property and what it and its surrounding area can offer up for visiting groups.

Tourism launched the region in the 1800s and remains its lifeblood, the group market included.

For groups, sustainability in this New England trio comes in many shades of green—inspiration included.

“For us, luxury is about authenticity and uniqueness,” said Alan Stenberg, founder and proprietor with partner Daniel DeSimone of the 18-room Glenmere Mansion in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley.

“Luxury” has an interesting etymology, originating from the Latin luxus (“excess”) and luxuria (“offensiveness”). In Elizabethan times, the English saw luxury as “lust” and “lechery,” while the French reinterpreted the Latin originals as “wealth” and “indulgence.”

Founded in 1967, the Maryland State Arts Council supports creative talent and promotes awareness of and accessibility to the arts statewide. The citizens have listened.

Last month’s thrilling Super Bowl may have been a rematch between football teams from Boston and Philadelphia, but the states of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have always been in a head-to-head battle regarding their prominence in early American history. 

When it comes to hospitality, Mohegan Sun aims for the stars. Midway through my walking tour of the property last November with John Washko, vice president, exhibitions and convention sales, he directed my eyes upwards as we approached Wombi Rock.