The Most-Read Meetings Today Stories of 2022

Emerging from the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 will be known as the Great Recovery in the meetings and events industry, and our most-read

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Top Maritz Lawyer on Contracts, AI and Other Legal Trends Shaping the Industry

Jill Blood, vice president and deputy general council for global meetings giant Maritz, is on the forefront of legal issues that are impacting the

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Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau Taps Candy Iannucci-Guay as National Director of SMERF Accounts

The Middletown-based Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS), the state’s official meetings and sports event sales and marketing

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Candy Iannucci-Guay

MPI Announces 2025 International Board of Directors

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced the approved slate for its 2025 International Board of Directors (IBOD), which will take office

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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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Fairfax, Virginia, Meetings Industry Veteran Dean Miller to Retire

Meetings and hospitality industry veteran Dean Miller, national sales manager for

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4 Historic Hotels for Your Next Meeting in St. Louis and Kansas City

There’s something magical about meeting in a historic venue. Whether it’s contemplating the businesses that used to call the building home or

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Hotel Phillips lobby

4 Issues Ailing the Associations Segment in 2025

The associations segment

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Hotel News and Updates from Chicago, South Dakota and Wisconsin

 IllinoisThe largest hotel group in South Korea, Lotte Hotels and

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Maryland Destinations Create New 'Meet in Maryland' Partnership

Destinations across Maryland including Baltimore, Bethesda, the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, College Park, Columbia

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Experiencing 24 Hours of ‘Bleisure’ in Seattle as a Meeting Attendee

Being a meeting planner gives you the chance to visit cities around the world you may have never even heard of, but with this comes the unfortunate

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Pike Place Market

Hyatt Regency Maui’s ‘Meet With Malama’ Group Promotion Benefits Fire Victims

Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa

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Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa

Locally Focused Culinary Experiences in the Pacific Northwest

One of the best ways to experience a destination is through its food. Every city has a story to tell through its local crops, products and makers,

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Paella being cooked on the street at the Basque Block in Boise, Idaho

Visit Atlantic City CEO to Resign at End of 2024

Visit Atlantic City President & CEO Larry Sieg announced he will retire from the DMO at the end of 2024, ushering in a replacement with a long

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Dream Big: California Leads the Way for Memorable Meetings

Leading on the most important issues of today and always providing diversity of choice, there’s a place for every meeting in California—and planners

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The Z: How Gen Z Was Included and Where They Belonged at IMEX America 2023

A lovely friend of mine by the name of Laura Lewis once said to me, “IMEX is the Disney World of the meetings and events industry.”   I

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The Z - How Gen Z Was Included and Where They Belonged at IMEX America 2023

L.A. Hosts First City-Wide Convention Since Onset of Pandemic

Los Angeles Tourism announced that Los Angeles hosted its first city-wide

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Florida's Best Attractions for After-Meetings Fun

Anticipating a rock-star turnout for her first group event since Covid, Mackenzy Schaefer, director of operations for the Cleveland-based AC Premiere

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Ocala’s World Equestrian Center event

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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Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens

This Year’s SITE Young Leaders Conference Is Focused on the Future

A few days before thousands of people from around the world pack the tradeshow floor at

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SITE Young Leaders Conference 2022