Greensboro has risen from a textile-based economy to taking a lead in the aerospace and defense industries.

Being the executive banquet chef at Pechanga Resort & Casino is a study in flexibility, from executing a chocolate and wine festival in time for Valentine’s Day to summertime chili cook-offs or catering to 1,500 hungry leathernecks for the annual Marine Corps Birthday Ball, where chicken and lots and lots of sirloin are the menu items du jour for “First to Fight.”

Following are 10 must-know trends from Leena Salamah, account strategist and executive director of Marketing Design Group (MDG).

We asked five planners who responded to our 2018 Meetings Today Trends Survey to elaborate on their responses.

2018 Meetings Today Trends Survey planner interview with Rita Kelly, Director of Administration, Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, Minneapolis.

2018 Meetings Today Trends Survey planner interview with Kelly O'Neal, Conference & Event Services Manager, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas.

2018 Meetings Today Trends Survey planner interview with Angie Silberhorn, CMP, Conference Director, WERC, Oak Brook, Ill.

2018 Meetings Today Trends Survey planner interview with an anonymous meeting planner for a corporation in New York.

2018 Meetings Today Trends Survey planner interview with Betty Ice, VP, Marketing, Health Dimensions Group, Minneapolis.