Meetings Today’s Sarah Kloepple chronicles her first in-person event (and hotel stay) since the onset of the pandemic, where planners and hotel executives engaged in a productive dialogue about the future of events.

How can planners find more diverse businesses? There are certainly plenty of them out there. Certified meeting professional Antwone Stigall has some tips.

With myriad projects underway to renovate existing hotels, open new spaces and expand outdoor event capabilities, River City will be well positioned as a can’t-miss Texas meetings destination.

MPI set to end 2020 with $2.5 million deficit, but confident prior reserves will carry it through pandemic period. Read more.

Meetings industry leaders gathered at MPI WEC 2020 to deliver some inspirational words for colleagues suffering through personal and professional challenges in the pandemic. Read more. 

MPI held its rescheduled World Education Congress, or WEC, November 3-6 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, featuring a variety of social distancing and COVID-19 protocols. Read more.

The Dram Good Laddies virtual tour of Scotland is packed with castles, kilts, lochs, laughs, mountains and malts! It’s the ultimate virtual experience that combines customized broadcast production and live interaction.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has put the brakes on many ambitious destination development projects, Tucson, Arizona, is forging ahead with a downtown revitalization that will figure large for meetings and conventions.