Taco Bell will welcome guests to The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort in Palm Springs beginning August 6, 2019, for five days. The hotel will offer a number of Taco Bell brand flourishes, including a Taco Bell gift shop and special menu items available nowhere else.

The Military Reunion Network's Sharon Danitschek explains how her company and its military veteran attendees accommodate service animals at their meetings. She also shares information about how her meeting planner colleagues and facilities can comply with federal law regarding service animals.

Meetings Today Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson discusses a new event app download lure—free drinks! Plus a first look at new software that may eliminate the need to hire translation services and rent equipment and booth space, and the resignation of Phillip Jones as the CEO of VisitDallas.

Wordly artificial intelligence software provides instantaneous on-demand translation in 15 languages for attendees at international meetings and events, in both audio and visual formats on mobile devices. Wordly allows meeting planners to save on their budget expenses by not hiring human-based translation services and renting translation equipment.

We round up some of Missouri's standouts for getting attendees in tune with meeting content and focused on collaboration rather than distracted by their environment.

Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson reviews the week's most interesting stories and topics, including a discussion on the joys and challenges of being an end-of-life event planner, the news that Las Vegas approved pot consumption lounges and Patti Shock's related advice for planners, and a reflection on Charles Chan Massey's The Personal Stories Project.

While participants attending a spectacular special event may be blown away by all manner of cutting-edge pyrotechnics, performances and other inspiring and attention-grabbing elements, the concepts behind staging an evocative event can be relatively simple and timeless. Following are Extraordinary Events President Andrea Michaels’ six basic key strategies.