Terrorism and Turmoil Top Tourism Deterrents

What worries travelers the most amidst the never-ending diet of news and first-person social media accounts of conflict, upheaval and health risks

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Christine M. Klein, CMP

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) announced the appointment of Christine M. Klein

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Unions Authorize Marriott Strikes in San Francisco and San Jose

UNITE HERE union members representing hotel and culinary workers in San

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Top Takeaways and Planner Insights From the 2025 Meetings Today Trends Survey

What's on the minds of your meeting and event planner colleagues? Our annual Meetings Today Trends Survey reveals all!We took a different tack this

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Graphic of Meetings Today Trends Survey 2025

Essential 2020 Meetings Trends

Aired January 8, 2020 Presented by Tyler Davidson, Joshua Grimes, Corbin Ball, and Will Curran

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3 Meetings Horror Stories: Fountain Frolickers, Bento Boxes Gone Bad and Tornado Terror

In the third installment of “Meetings Horror Stories,” we heard even more of the crazy things that can go wrong in the meetings 

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Contracting for the Recovery: Contract Negotiating Tips & Tricks For the Post-COVID Era

We’re ready to move forward with in-person meetings, but the site selection and contracting process that meeting professionals know from just a few

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Planning a Ship-Shape Meeting

More CoverageFloating Venues

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Cape May, N.J., Seeks Convention Center Bids

City officials in Cape May, N.J., sent out bids to contractors for the building of a beachfront convention center.While two earlier attempts for bids

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A Multimillion-Dollar Expansion, All-Inclusive Resorts and More South New and Renovated Updates

From St. Lucia to Tulsa, discover the latest hotel openings, brand transformations and major renovations boosting meetings and incentive travel

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Secrets St. Lucia Resort & Spa. Credit: Hyatt Hotels

Take 10: 'Site Selection and Inspection: Hidden in Plain Sight' With Joan Eisenstodt

Joan Eisenstodt answers additional questions from the 04.

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Survey Says: Large Meetings Trending Upward

BETHESDA, Md.Marriott’s Convention & Resort Network (

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How to assure meeting facility quality

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Hot-Button Contract Concerns Facing Both Planners and Suppliers

After a tumultuous half-decade, with the in-person meetings and events pandemic shutdown followed by unprecedented supplier-chain, inflation and

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Attorney, Joshua Grimes

Special Effects That Will Dazzle Your Attendees Without the Red Tape

Any event planner or producer knows that their most successful programs follow a story arc, much like a movie. Providing a defining moment near the

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New and Renovated Southern Event Venues and Hotel Properties (June 2025)

FloridaSkyBeach Resort, a beachfront resort on the southern tip of St

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Islander Resort guest room patio

Take 10 - The Ultimate Meeting Professionals Guide to Internet Connectivity

Meetings technology expert Jim Spellos answers additional questions from

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Jonathan Grella

As the new senior vice president of public affairs, Jonathan Grella will lead the U.S. Travel Association's media and political campaigns, government

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Benchmark Shares 10 Meetings Trends for 2019

Benchmark released its "Top 10 Meeting Trends for 2019.

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Convention Centers Filling Unlikely Role As Election Hubs

Convention centers have been some of the venues hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many sitting empty since March due to government

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The EVS team at the MCC mailed out more than 114,000 vote-by-mail ballots to voters in Minneapolis on the first day of early voting, September 18.