Craft beer is a big deal on Galveston Island. Events include the popular annual BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival, hosted each Labor Day weekend by Moody Gardens and venues around Galveston.

In what is yet be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, Galveston did not pay its customary price.

There are two major events in April only three days apart. One we cheer and celebrate, the other we jeer and commiserate. The first in 2018 is Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), April 12. The second is Tax Day, April 15, 2018.

The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort named Jennifer Barrett senior sales executive.

Benchmark appointed Denielle Godwin director of sales and marketing for Snow King Hotel, a Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property.

Meetings Today thought it would be an interesting exercise to flip the Global Meetings Industry Day equation by asking some key meetings industry thought leaders and influencers about what they think we should focus on in the meetings industry to improve it from within?

Raleigh, N.C.’s thriving and increasingly popular cuisine scene is as impressive as it is delicious. Groups meeting in this capital city can easily include an auxiliary event incorporating its variety of flavors.

Reflective of the end-game excitement of this year’s Super Bowl LII was the preparation and execution of the big game’s hosts: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington and surrounds. The 10-day fete highlighted some of the region’s most intriguing off-site venues, scenery, breweries, restaurants and more.

Elise Gertenbach has been appointed director of group sales for Hotel Contessa.

Olshan Properties announced the appointment of Steven Falciani as general manager of the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort & Spa.