Today’s meeting attendees love local lore, and fortunately, Florida boasts a host of venues that provide a mountain of historical charm.

There’s been an explosion of micro and craft breweries all over the state of Florida in settings from historic warehouses to restored garages. With so many cropping up it’s impossible to name them all. Here are some notable independently owned breweries with some out-of-this-world brews.

Tradeshow attendees might be surprised and delighted to see the convention center-to-table hydroponic gardens right inside the Westwood lobby of Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.

Florida is known for its orange groves, but there’s so much more growing throughout the state, and even in hotel backyards.  

Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa appointed Vince Vito as director of sales, marketing & events.

USPOULTRY was awarded nearly $800,000 for trademark infringement in a hotel room poaching case.

StoneTurn, a forensic accounting and corporate compliance firm out of Boston, was already booked into the luxury Casa Marina Key West, A Waldorf Astoria Resort for an early December meeting when the news spread on Sept. 9, 2017, about Hurricane Irma’s devastating hit to the Florida Keys. The company decided then to forgo its usual on-site teambuilding activity and instead looked to work with and help the Keys community.

Hard Rock International announced the appointment of Danielle Babilino as senior vice president of global sales and marketing for Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews Bob Witeck and Charlie Rounds on LGBT issues and how recent marriage equality setbacks will hurt the tourism industry.

Joan Eisenstodt interviews meetings industry leaders on the subject of diversity and inclusion.