Sun-soaked SoCal is getting even brighter these days, as Long Beach continues to gleam with new offerings. From hip hotels and group venues to expanding attractions, the city is witnessing its most aggressive period of growth to date.

The recent news about a family of four from Iowa found dead in their condo in Tulum, Mexico, brought to light a little publicized risk lurking in every kind of lodging. Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can happen within a matter of minutes and is responsible for more deaths than any other single poison.

Freeman named Bob Priest-Heck as its new CEO. Priest-Heck will be the company’s fourth CEO and the first in the company’s 90-year history to come from outside of the Freeman family.

How are you maximizing your exhibit floor data collection and ROI? Meetings Today’s Christoph Trappe traveled to Adobe Summit 2018, The Digital Marketing Conference in Las Vegas to show off some examples of innovative exhibit attractions and the latest booth trends.

Influencer marketing is a bit of a buzzword right now. With good reason. It can help planners expand their meeting or events’ promotional effort and overall reach over social media and other channels.

The artwork installed at an increasing number of popular convention centers transforms these necessarily utilitarian buildings into magnificent galleries that rival some of the most inspired museums in the world.

I’m currently attending the Adobe Summit as a guest of Adobe’s and just checked in. The check-in was super quick on a laptop. Once I remembered what email I used to register, the screen warned me that a lost badge would cost $150 to replace. I groaned at the sight of the fee and the attendant added: “That’s nothing. The other day I was working a convention where they charged the full conference amount—$2,300.”