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.

Hospitality industry tech giant Cvent went public December 9, for the second time. The move will provide growth capital to a company that is already dominating the hospitality and meetings tech space.

Corpus Christi is promoting a Coast Your Own Way Meetings Offer that features the hosting of an opening or closing reception at one of six of the Gulf Coast destination’s premier offsite venues, ranging from Whataburger Field to the Art Museum of South Texas, the beach and even the USS Lexington.