Joan Eisenstodt answers additional questions from the 04.25.18 "Site Selection and Inspection: Hidden in Plain Sight" webinar.

Terri Woodin answers additional questions from the 04.18.18 Leveraging a CVB/DMO for Your Meeting webinar.

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced it will publish “The Essential Guide to Safety and Security: Best Practices for Meeting and Event Planning 2018” by the end of June 2018. In addition, the association will develop education, research reports and case studies based on the guide’s recommended practices, with launch plans slated for later this year and in 2019.

One of the hot topics at MPI’s WEC 2018 is sex trafficking, as it relates to the travel industry. Michelle Guelbart, director of private sector engagement for ECPAT-USA, detailed some of the signs and ways to help during her presentation “ECPAT: The Meeting and Event Industry’s Role in Combatting Sex Trafficking,” which took place on Monday, June 4, 2018. ECPAT-USA is a nonprofit organization that exists to end human trafficking.

During Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI’s) 2018 World Education Congress (WEC) in Indianapolis, we checked in with MPI President and CEO Paul Vandeventer for his take on this year’s show and how MPI is helping planners address major issues and excel professionally and personally.

Hilton New Orleans Riverside announced the appointments of Sarah Wexler as the new director of events and catering for the 1,622-room property. Wexler joins the hotel’s new Executive Chef Mark Quitney in leading food and beverage services and building on the success of the hotel’s meetings and events program.

Our city features more live entertainment in a single day than any other in the world, and that excitement brings visitors and delegates back time and again,” said Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) CEO Rossi Ralenkotter, celebrating 45 years with the bureau in 2018.

The first weekend of March 2018 was a great time to be a sports fan in Vegas. The line-up included three NASCAR races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway; USA Sevens rugby at Sam Boyd Stadium; and on consecutive nights at the T-Mobile Arena, Vegas Golden Knights hockey, followed by a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), its headquarters and Performance Institute being located in Vegas.

Only in Vegas can you turn a groundbreaking into a show,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in November 2017 as ceremonial shovels hit the ground for the new $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium that will bring the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas in 2020.