Together Again Expo, at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, was the first convention held at the center since the outbreak of COVID-19. Meetings Today’s Jennifer Juergens reports on the experience.

To help meeting and event planners find their bearings as they prepare to hold live meetings again, the “Navigating the New Meeting Landscape” eHandbook is filled with resources and critical tips and strategies to keep their attendees safe and protect the financial health of the organizations they plan for.

New Orleans, the quintessential party destination, is taking the COVID-19 pandemic one day at a time while preparing for the good times to roll once again. Read more.

Meetings Today asked National Coalition for Black Meeting Professionals Chair Jason Dunn some key questions about his association, its role in advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion in the meetings industry, and the prevalence of systemic racism in the U.S. socially and professionally.

Following are seven cost-affordable and cutting-edge ways to help raise awareness, as well as build audience interest and enthusiasm, when promoting your events online. Read more.

Read how CVBs in Baton Rouge, El Paso and New York City worked with planners to reevaluate and adjust 2020 meetings or events in the wake of COVID-19.

Bryan Chan’s The Zoom Room engages corporate teams with a virtual environment that is entertaining for both introverts and extroverts. Read more.

Virtual events have quickly become the norm in today’s world, but as we think ahead, what will events in the near future look like? Hybrid events that provide engaging in-person experiences, while also incorporating key virtual elements, enable event professionals to offer a dynamic event for attendees however they choose to participate.  

Diversity, equity and inclusion experts Zoe Moore and Greg DeShields show how organizations can cast aside incorrect notions about a lack of talent in the pipeline and hire qualified professionals from underrepresented communities now.

In the video, which premiered at Destination International’s 2020 Annual Convention, Black executives from destination marketing organizations around the country share their experiences with racism in their lives and in the tourism industry.