Ross Simmonds explains why artificial intelligence tools are the future and how meeting professionals can start using them to plan better events.

Meeting planners today want to create experiences for attendees. Hilton has taken that to heart and created and renovated meeting spaces inside some of its properties—from London to San Francisco.

Applying elements of game playing—like competition, scoring points and rules of play—can enhance your event. Follow these gamification tips from Alex Plaxen and Will Curran to get started for little to no cost.

Tyler Davidson sat down with counterterrorism and security professional David Lau and risk management educator Alan Kleinfeld at MPI WEC 2019 to discuss what meeting and event planners as well as facility operators need to know to identify a possible active shooter, what security concerns to include in the RFP and site selection process, and how to react onsite if the unthinkable happens.

Meetings Today editors Tyler Davidson and Danielle LeBreck just returned from a content-producing frenzy at MPI WEC Toronto. Check out our coverage—all in one place!—on the Meetings Today website. And probably the biggest news of the week, meetings industry fixture Michael Dominguez is leaving MGM Resorts to take the top job at ALHI. A big congrats from all of here at Meetings Today, Mike!

Hôtel du Louvre reopened following a complete renovation. As part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, the hotel is in the city’s Palais-Royal district, surrounded by the Musée du Louvre, the Comédie-Française, the Palais Garnier and Palais Royal.

Radisson Blu Royal Viking Hotel, Stockholm completed a renovation project in time for its 35th anniversary. The new design concept at has been carried out by the renowned Spanish architectural studio Proyecto Singular. The hotel's 459 guest rooms, 15 meeting rooms and communal areas, including the lobby and bar, the Stockholm Fisk restaurant and the atrium area have all been transformed.

JW Marriott Grosvenor House London completed its full-scale renovation. The project included its 420 guest rooms and public spaces. Directed by Hirsch Bedner Associates and GA Design, the complete transformation incorporates a fresh take on present-day design while honoring the rich heritage of the property.

The new Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center is located atop the 1,121-foot Comcast Technology Center in the city’s downtown. There will be unobstructed views from the 48th to 60th floors at the building’s very summit. The 219-room Hotel, which also includes new restaurant concepts by Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Greg Vernick, a full-floor spa and wellness sanctuary and extensive meeting spaces, is set to open August 12.

The one-year anniversary of the launch of the Discover Puerto Rico destination marketing organization is July 1, 2019, and there’s nothing but optimism in the air. Puerto Rico is flourishing again with new and renewed resorts—and business is booming.