“Bleisure” destinations that offer a balance between work and play—like Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama—are capturing fresh attention from meeting planners.
Connected to the city’s recently upgraded convention center, the 600-room Sheraton Memphis is undergoing a $250 million redo that will see it rebranded as a Marriott. Here are the details.
Meetings and hospitality industry veteran Dean Miller, national sales manager for Visit Fairfax, is retiring after 35 years in the hospitality industry.
Meetings Today LIVE! South kicked off November 16 in Big Easy style, headquartered in a luxury hotel that embodies the festive joie de vivre of New Orleans, complete with a front door opening out onto Bourbon Street and wrought-iron balconies overlooking the most celebratory street in the world.
Renowned urban historian Dr. Ricardo Romo, a former president of the University of Texas, recognized Joel Salcido as “one of the few seasoned Latino photo-journalist commentators of life on the Texas-Mexico Borderlands.”
Since 1981, photographer Al Rendón has collaborated with Visit San Antonio and other local organizations on promoting the city to convention groups and visitors, including serving on local tourism-related boards.
From the newly expanded Savannah Convention Center to new hotels and outdoor spaces, the current investment wave in “Hostess City” is a home run for play and business.
Now in her 32nd year as executive director of Visit Irving, Maura Gast shares with Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman her perspective on the cinema of it all in this “highlight reel.”
