With world-renowned restaurants, 12,000-plus hotel rooms within a two-mile radius of the facility, and iconic music venues just a short walk away, there is no better place to host your next event than the Austin Convention Center. 

Brent Hines, who grew up on an exotic game ranch in Chico, Texas, is excited to bring chef-driven recipes to a convention center—and to help usher in a new catering kitchen that’s part of the venue’s planned $450 million expansion.

Michael Lockwood, senior principal at Populous and design director of the firm’s convention center practice, discusses ways in which convention center design is changing and why planners need to prioritize the liminal spaces in these facilities.

Top-notch convention districts, which continue to see renovations and additions, as well as myriad surrounding neighborhoods for group outings, give these southeast Florida cities a special and convenient draw. 

Las Vegas is back in the large in-person convention business big time, with Informa Markets’ World of Concrete leading the way. Its June 8-10 convention serves as the first major event at the $1 billion West Hall expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Meetings Today reached out to executives at the largest convention centers on each coast of the U.S., Southern California’s Anaheim Convention Center and Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, to gauge their progress on the road to recovery back to large in-person meetings, tradeshows and events.

Legal expert Tyra Warner offers some contract dos and don’ts for planners working with convention centers to plan large meetings during the pandemic.

Financial approval has been given to the proposed America’s Center Convention Complex expansion project in St. Louis, Missouri, which will increase the venue’s hosting capabilities. Read more.

From incentive offers to new broadcast studios, we break down how hotel chains and major convention centers are preparing and upgrading for hybrid and virtual events.