Earth Day Special! Tyler Davidson talks with leading green meetings expert Nancy Zavada about simple ways meeting planners can make their events more sustainable. Plus, the hottest sustainable F&B trends!

Tyler Davidson reviews some of the week's top stories, including his piece on fire safety, Lori Tenny's stress-busting tips from top wellness speakers and Danielle LeBreck's report on the rise of "bleisure" travel.

Meetings Today reached out to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for advice on how meeting and convention organizers should arm themselves with a pre-event checklist to make sure fire safety and adherence to fire codes is paramount.

The personal touch, even with convention-sized groups, is a hallmark of Marriott’s Convention & Resort Network (CRN), which is comprised of 115—and always rapidly growing!—of the world’s largest brand’s biggest group properties. Meetings Today got to sample the CRN touch on a recent familiarization trip to four of its Southern California properties.

Meetings Today checked in with five expert international meeting and event planners to get their golden tips for planning and executing successful meetings abroad.

Learn the A-to-Z of event tech and AV. Tyler Davidson talks with meetings tech and AV expert Jon Trask, who details his Best Practices: Event Tech primer in Meetings Today. Trask will give arm you with the basic information you need to offer a robust AV and tech offering without busting your budget.

World Pork Expo 2019 has been canceled by the National Pork Producers Council due to the spread of African swine fever in China and other parts of Asia.