PCMA Convening Leaders has posted respectable attendance numbers at its Convening Leaders conference, held January 9-12 at CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas. The industry event required all in-person attendees to prove their vaccination status.

IMEX Frankfurt, one of largest annual meetings and events industry exhibitions in the world, announced it will postpone its 2022 event due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus.

MPI postponed its European Meetings and Events Conference (EMEC) in Brighton, U.K., to an unspecified later date in the wake of the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

A meetings and events industry advocacy group that champions issues affecting people of Asian descent is presenting its second free webinar Thursday, January 6.

Group packages, new facilities and other significant happenings from some of the top meetings-friendly golf resorts in the U.S.

PCMA President & CEO Sherrif Karamat emphasized the meetings industry trade association’s annual Convening Leaders event, scheduled for January 9-12 in Las Vegas, will still be held in-person despite the surge in COVID-19 cases in the wake of the Omicron variant.

The skills needed for success as a meeting planner are quickly becoming core elements in the colleges and universities that are building the next generation of meeting professionals. Here is what meeting planners in the future will need to know, from the perspective of five leading professors of meetings and hospitality programs. 

Like many meetings destinations in the U.S., the Rhode Island cities of Providence and Newport weathered the pandemic by rolling up their sleeves to welcome new and renovated properties, as well as leisure travelers wanting a drive-to escape from housebound isolation.

David Peckinpaugh is taking the reins at Maritz following the transition of CEO and Chairman Steve Maritz, who led the 127-year-old St. Louis-based travel industry and professional services giant for 25 years.