St. Louis and Kansas City are hustling and bustling, while Branson is music- and nature-focused and more leisurely paced. Here's the latest and greatest from each destination.
The first Meetings Today LIVE! event of 2026 took place May 3-6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with 40 planners and 40 suppliers gathered for a wide-ranging Midwest meetings experience. Here's what planners saw and experienced.
David Ruiz, executive chef of the Greater Kansas City area’s Overland Park Convention Center, has made quite a mark during his first year and a half leading the facility by upgrading the venue’s cuisine quality, spearheading sustainability efforts and giving back by mentoring the next generation of local culinary professionals.
Natural and historic lures such as Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial and Deadwood beckon groups traveling to Rapid City, where they will also discover fascinating cultures, modern meeting facilities and a can-do hospitality community.
The state of Iowa has nearly 30 million acres of farmland. In Eastern Iowa—Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Iowa City—there’s a field of opportunities for green gatherings.
Here’s a look at what’s new for groups in Chicago, and how the Windy City is working toward offering an even better meetings experience in Condé Nast Traveler readers’ “Best Big City in the U.S.” for the ninth year running.
In Milwaukee, the world’s only Harley-Davidson Museum invites groups from 10 to 10,000 to “break out of boring boardrooms” and experience over a century’s worth of Harley-Davidson history.
For groups who want to meet near Chicago but avoid the downtown costs, the city’s suburbs—represented by Visit Chicago Southland and Chicago’s North Shore—offer solid alternatives without the hassle.
