Marriott International opened its first newly built property that combines three brands under one roof. The 21-story, $140 million Nashville property includes an AC Hotel, Residence Inn and SpringHill Suites. The property was developed by North Point Hospitality and is located across from the Music City Convention Center.

Radisson Medan opened in Indonesia. The hotel features 215 guest rooms and 16,150 square feet of meeting and event space. The property is located on Jalan H. Adam Malik in downtown Medan, surrounded by corporate offices and retail malls. A majority of the guest rooms and suites feature views of Medan's skyline. Guests staying in the hotel’s 32 suites have access to the Executive Lounge.

When I look deep into it, I wonder how artists are inspired with every stroke, line, sketch or color. With that in mind, let me introduce you to an amazing events artist, Jeremy Sutton, iPad Painter—a Smithsonian-featured iPad artist.

Positive Impact, a global not-for-profit providing education and collaboration opportunities to create a sustainable event industry, is giving event professionals the opportunity to shine the light on female peers ahead of International Women’s Day March 8.

Easily extending D.C.’s influence as a culinary hot spot, neighboring Northern Virginia offers wide-ranging epicurean experiences for groups. From homegrown and globally influenced cuisine to nationally ranked craft breweries and internationally acclaimed wineries, the region has all the ingredients for full-flavored meetings and events.

With its soaring skyscrapers and beautiful lakefront setting, Chicago is an inimitable city in the Midwest that also has a place in people’s hearts for icons such as the Chicago Cubs, legendary blues music and famous comedians.

Losing a $40 million piece of business tends to get one’s attention. Thus was the case in July 2018 when the American Anesthesiology Society decided to locate its annual outside of San Francisco, citing concerns for the safety, or at least the perception of safety, of attendees due to the city’s intractable homelessness and vagrancy epidemic.

The 301-room Hyatt Regency Deerfield, which has 20,000 square feet of meeting/event space, and the Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago North Shore Deerfield, which has more than 7,000 square feet of function space, are both undergoing renovations that at press time were scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2019

Spring is almost in the air along with the new beginnings that come with it. Tune in to our February webinar to learn new ways of planning mindful events inspired by the season as well as personal daily rituals of mindfulness for you and your attendees. Learn how to take what mother nature offers as a beautiful jumping off point to influence and inspire memorable, mindful events in everything from decor to food and drink to experiences. Discover event and meeting inspiration tips for spring and how to freshen and lighten up your events after those long winter days. Learn to declutter your life to declutter your mind and how truly adopting a minimalist approach to certain areas of your daily life can increase joy, efficiency and healthier outlook. Discover ways to bring some fresh new daily eating habits and rituals into your life to boost your energy and sustain it, using this time of year to revisit the resolutions or goals you set for 2019.