How Irving, Texas, Excels in Its Wellness Offerings for Groups

Long a hub of Fortune 500 corporations and more recently emerging as an entertainment center, Irving, Texas, is also well-versed in wellness options

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3 Iowa Cities Offering Group Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities

When groups meet in Iowa, there’s an opportunity for something more than business to take root.  In cities across the Hawkeye State, corporate

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Rhode Island Makes Big Statements and Leaves Lasting Impressions on Meeting Groups

Launched in July 2024 on Newport’s iconic mansion-lined, ocean-facing Cliff Walk, The Great Elephant Migration is a traveling public art

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The Great Elephant Migration on Newport's Cliff Walk.

Drury Hotels Launches New ‘Meetings with More’ Program

Drury Hotels, a service-oriented hospitality company that oversees more than 150 properties in 26 states, launched its new Meetings with More program

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A Journey Through the Texas Gulf Coast Reveals Compelling Group Options

Since first visiting Texas in 2008 for our inaugural Meetings Today Texas that year, the Lone Star State keeps calling me back.Starting in Corpus

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Gaylord's West Coast Expansion and More, With DOSM Russ Mitchell

A major player is about to disrupt the West Coast convention and large-meeting rotation landscape with the opening of Gaylord Pacific Resort &

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Major Texas Developments Keep Pace With Tourism Growth

Small is not in the Texas vocabulary, and that includes tourism, with 115 million domestic visitors delivering $193.8 billion in economic impact last

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Where Innovation and Inspiration Meet

 There’s something different about meeting in Denver. It could be the 300 sunny days that make the city feel brighter. Maybe it’s the ever-

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CANCELED - Accessibility for All: Five Ways AI Can Improve Your Meetings’ Accessibility

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we need to cancel this webinar, and we will let you know if it is rescheduled.Artificial

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Full-Service Properties Renovate and Rebuild to Support Renasant Center in Memphis

No city wants its convention center to debut during a global catastrophe, but it happened to Memphis. Its $230 million Renasant Convention Center

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Front exterior of Renasant Convention Center, Memphis.

Toronto’s Exhibition Place Secures Prestigious Rainbow Registered Accreditation

Earlier this spring, Toronto’s Exhibition Place, a 192-acre complex that is

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Booming San Antonio Stays Rooted in History and Culture

Get ready for a second Metroplex in Texas, as the San Antonio and Austin metropolitan areas, connected by the I-35 corridor, are expanding rapidly.

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Reforms Lure Major Convention Back to Chicago

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Iconic Savannah Ups the Ante With a Convention Center Expansion and More

With moss-draped live oaks, public squares just begging for private event activations and historic venues that exude that Southern Gothic aesthetic,

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ASAE Purchases Convene Green Alliance

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Southwest Airlines to Buy AirTran

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Mile-High Metamorphosis: Denver Continues to Polish Its Downtown Model

This May, Denver announced a $500 million investment in downtown, including housing options, public spaces and strategies to attract businesses.

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A Caesars Global Wellness Summit Success Story

Wellness has become a bit of a force—odd as that phrase may sound—in the meetings and events industry.  In fact, a major marketing objective of

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Food Waste: How You Can Help Lessen One of Our Industry’s Most Vexing Issues

Food waste has become an increasingly compelling issue during events. Wasting food that took so much to produce when so many people go hungry

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Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center Conducts a Massive Security Exercise

When Executive Director Mark

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Photo of two people running during a security exercise at Orange County Convention Center.