While Boston may get the glory, many meetings and events are finding an affordable home in MetroWest Boston, which brims with museums, historic properties and amusement parks, all with the lowest average hotel room rates of any region in Massachusetts.

Rosen Hotels & Resorts, including three luxury convention properties, promise a plethora of indoor and outdoor venues, innovative cuisine and contemporary meeting space in Orlando.

Getting old never looked so good in this famously image-conscious town. Following are the timeless experiences that give groups a taste of yesteryear Los Angeles.

Colorado Convention Center in Denver is unveiling its expansion in late 2023. Many of the improvements to the facility were made based on meeting planner feedback. 

Impact XM, a global full-service event and experiential marketing agency, announced that Robynne Weaver will become vice president of strategic accounts. Weaver has over 20 years of experience in the industry and will work with Impact XM’s client service team to take on some of the agency’s largest client accounts, along with expanding its B2B and B2C client portfolios. 

Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has debuted 35,000 square feet of meeting and convention space. Located in the heart of the iconic Fremont Street Experience, these new facilities provide meeting planners contemporary, tech-forward options to book events, galas, meetings and more, off the Strip. 

The new Summit building at Seattle Convention Center offers more than 570,000 square feet of additional event space in Seattle. This new building pairs with the existing Arch building—just one-and-a-half blocks away—doubling the capacity of the entire campus. 

Destination DC (DDC) announced Shelby Luzzi has been promoted to senior manager, sustainability. This is the first role of its kind for an urban DMO and will focus on developing and implementing DDC’s sustainability strategy to meet the need for more sustainable travel practices across meetings, conventions and events. 

Attendees at IMEX America will notice more than a few new elements at the 2023 edition of the show, including major session format shifts, programming addressing deeper levels of human nature, and even movie screenings and discussions with authors of books focused on meetings. Here’s what to expect.

With long days on one's feet common in the events industry, one thing going for us is that style has made its way to the “comfortable shoe” market. Following are some recommendations from industry peers who have found their go-to shoes that ease the discomfort of a long day.