The New York City metro area is set to welcome a major new convention center, if plans for the $3 billion Meadowlands Convention Center project come to fruition.

Chicago’s City Council approved a Tourism Improvement District which now imposes a 1.5% fee on stays at qualifying hotels. The initiative aims to generate $40 million annually for meetings and tourism promotion.

Thoughts and advice from MPI’s online programming during the annual day of celebrating and promoting the power of in-person meetings

The first Meetings Today LIVE! event of 2026 took place May 3-6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with 40 planners and 40 suppliers gathered for a wide-ranging Midwest meetings experience. Here's what planners saw and experienced. 

Long Lake Management agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of Amex GBT stock for $9.50 per share—a 60% premium to its market price—which reflects the potential Long Lake sees in maximizing AI across Amex GBT’s customer-facing and back-end operations. 

San Francisco Bay Area meeting and event destinations are on the rise, with innovative venues and experiences for corporate meeting planners.

Meetings Today’s Tyler Davidson traveled to Asheville, North Carolina, for a meeting planner fam trip and discovered a mountain gem of a destination.