Brooklyn, N.Y.-based independent journalist Jeff Heilman has been a Meetings Today contributor since 2004, including writing our annual Texas and Las Vegas supplements since inception. Jeff is also an accomplished ghostwriter specializing in legal, business and Diversity & Inclusion content.
In Las Vegas, where implosions are the way forward, survival is no small feat. Meetings Today Las Vegas specialist Jeff Heilman takes a walk down memory lane to detail the storied history of this global entertainment, and meetings, powerhouse.
Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman recently attended the second annual Providence Culinary Collective, a four-day citywide food and wine festival. Here’s what’s on Rhode Island’s menu for groups.
Visit Sacramento President and CEO Mike Testa shares how identifying Sacramento as “America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital” has helped the destination leverage its core identity into event development. Plus, Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman’s firsthand account of Sacramento and a planner’s perspective on California’s capital.
Benefiting planners and groups in terms of expanded program resources and choices, here’s how strategic, multifaceted evolution is keeping East Coast players ahead in the group game.
In a building where the walls not only talk but sing, the allure is less about square footage than stories and memories, enhanced by welcoming hospitality and employee pride.
From partnering with museums and hosting energizing offsite events, to tapping into D.C. knowledge hubs for dynamic keynote speakers, planners choose the nation’s capital for high impact meetings.
In mid-February, Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman had the opportunity to visit the world’s most sung-about city—Memphis, Tennessee—to see how the destination’s story comes to life through immersive and historical group experiences.
The Olympian spirit of ambition and collaboration to bring the 2034 Winter Games to life in Salt Lake City is creating excitement for the future of the city’s $5.8 billion tourism industry, building on a singular track record of peak performance.
