The Oaklander Hotel opened in Pittsburgh. The Autograph Collection property is across from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, in the city’s Oakland neighborhood. The hotel is home to Spirits & Tales restaurant, 167 guest rooms and five event spaces.

Moxy NYC Chelsea opened in Manhattan. The newly-constructed, 35-story hotel features 349 guest rooms, a rooftop lounge and two event rooms. The newly-constructed building's architecture riffs off the neighborhood's retro-industrial style in the heart of the Chelsea Flower Market. The hotel blends into the flower shops that surround it, with a soaring three-story glass atrium revealing the vertical gardens within.

The Radisson Hotel Cleveland-Gateway will be rebranded as Hotel Indigo, following a multimillion-dollar renovation. The 143 key hotel features a business center, fitness center, approximately 3,500 square feet of meeting space and the Gateway Bar and Grill.

A revolutionary mode of transport is the next big thing in Las Vegas, thanks to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Board of Directors approval of a recommendation to select Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) to design, construct and operate a first-of-its-kind people mover for the Las Vegas Convention Center and beyond.

Today’s meeting professionals are looking for creative ways to help meeting attendees experience enhanced wellness. From offering platters of tasty greens on the buffet, yoga on the beach, and motivational speakers and alternative medicine gurus talking about healthy living, wellness is a new and increasingly popular menu item for groups in destinations like Central West Florida.

A revolutionary mode of transport is the next big thing in Las Vegas, thanks to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Board of Directors approval of a recommendation to select Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) to design, construct and operate a first-of-its-kind people mover for the Las Vegas Convention Center and beyond.  

Event planner Christa Mekki, founder and senior planner at Magnetic Magnificent Events, was one of the first to experience the brand-new Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC). Meetings Today reached out to Mekki for her take on the reimagined convention center.

President Trump and the FAA issued an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9 flights in the U.S. following two fatal crashes.

Innovation is requisite for staying ahead in the convention business. It’s second nature for Las Vegas, and it’s also the watchword for reinvention in convention markets around the U.S.

If you haven’t been to Denver in a while or have never visited, you’re in for a mile-high surprise. From innovative, community-driven marketplaces to an ultra-hip arts scene to a burgeoning brewery portfolio, the city and neighboring Aurora have the cool factor down to a T. On a recent visit, Meetings Today checked out the following off-site experiences that are sure to impress attendees.