Jenine Humber suggests shipping your conference swag back home for convenience.

Tracy Stuckrath shares how event planners can eliminate food waste and save money.

Learn how to ask Echo and Alexa integrated devices for the latest meeting and event planner news, so that your hands and eyes can focus on other tasks.

Meetings Today blogger and contributing writer Joan Eisenstodt interviews successful meeting professionals about their interactions with mentors.

The JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa announced a complete refresh throughout all 1,002 guest resort suites, scheduled to be completed by early March 2019. The resort underwent a renovation of its restaurants and lobby spaces last year.

With the lines between consumer and corporate events continually being blurred, attendees are increasingly demanding highly unique, high-touch environments. Following are five innovative experiential event options that borrow from popular culture to completely envelop attendees in the experience.

A center of arts and culture in North Carolina’s booming Triad Region, Greensboro boasts world-class historic and cultural venues such as the International Civil Rights Museum and a thriving theater scene. But while museums and theater may temporarily seize the attention of attendees with their refined offerings, a pint of cold craft brew and some fantastic restaurants are also at the ready.

Meetings industry veteran Sandy Biback, who worked as a planner in a variety of capacities over a 35-year career, has jumped headlong into a new all-consuming endeavor since retiring: battling human trafficking through Meeting Professionals Against Human Trafficking, or MPAHT. Here she shares some top-level tips to fight human trafficking for planners, suppliers and venues.

Meetings Today Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman spoke with Lori Glennon, executive director of sales, Valley Forge Casino Resort, Prussia, Pennsylvania, about the hotel’s capabilities for hosting events.

Hosting the annual Army-Navy football game for the 88th time, partners led by the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) dedicated sports division (PHL Sports) executed the event with customary operational precision. Valley Forge’s leadership, closely identifying with its legacy, prioritizes winning group outcomes. For meetings and events, it’s win-win defined.