Central Illinois is like a colorful tapestry, woven together with the threads of its unique history and strong heritage, all of which visiting groups are encouraged to explore.

Valley Forge Casino Resort is located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Meetings Today spoke with Lani Baird to get an inside look at the property and what it and its surrounding area can offer up for visiting groups.

Tourism launched the region in the 1800s and remains its lifeblood, the group market included.

For groups, sustainability in this New England trio comes in many shades of green—inspiration included.

Revolution is the norm in farming and agriculture is in the throes of the fourth revolution, involving the collection of ubiquitous data that can be analyzed and tweaked in real time for better yields with fewer resources.

Farming has always been about applied technology, from the first wooden tools to monster machinery. Today’s technology is digital and robotic and is in the process of transforming the practice of agriculture—and agricultural meetings.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews meetings industry professionals about the essentials, and strategies, they pack for business trips.

In today’s world, the chance of a crisis interrupting your meeting or event isn’t so much the “if” it will happen, but “when” it might happen and “what” that crisis might be. The other reality is that while you can’t foresee and prevent many crises, there are steps that every planner should take to ensure they are prepared to handle any issue that comes along, as part of their “duty of care.”

Andavo Meetings' Brenda Rivers explains what Duty of Care means to meeting planners and how they can fulfill the obligation.

The tragic events that seem to impact our world at an ever increasing rate, from mass shootings and natural disasters to criminal acts, are especially dangerous in a legal sense to organizers of meetings and events.