American Anthropological Association planner Nate Wambold has taken massive strides making the association’s events accessible. Here is his advice for his meeting professional colleagues on how to start their journey, and the proper mindset to strive for.
Located at the foot of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the sprawling, mile-long Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort is a gaming, entertainment, meetings and events gem sprouting from the massive green expanse of the southern Appalachians. Its tribal success story is what may resonate most, however.
Consider these tips for collaboration between event strategists and destination organizations to foster an inclusive atmosphere that will leave a positive and lasting impression on meeting attendees.
Visit Seattle and Seattle Bank are expanding a DEI funding partnership into a second year via a secondary cohort of BIPOC businesses in the Capitol Hill and First Hill neighborhoods, and also opening complimentary tabs for visitors at LGBTQIA+ restaurants.
Toronto is Canada’s diversity capital, where more than 250 ethnicities are represented and over 170 languages are spoken, and it surrounds you wherever you go, from boutique hotel properties to diverse local retail and offsite attractions.
Ensuring supplier diversity is a key objective of meetings and events DEI. Here are five cities that fully embrace the concept by promoting goods, services and venues owned by people from marginalized groups.
Leading Asian American inclusivity consultant Jolene Jang discusses the many facets of the Asian American and Pacific Islander culture and the challenges faced by this massive demographic in the meetings and events industry.
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) May 18, Meetings Today sat down with Stephen Cutchins, senior product manager-accessibility at Cvent, to discuss his work around driving accessibility in Cvent's meetings and events technology tools and raising awareness about accessibility across the meetings and events industry.
Event Service Professionals Association published a free downloadable guide, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, a Guide for Event Service Professionals, that provides actionable insights for meetings professionals to help ensure DEI at their events.
As we move through 2023 with the mindset of making meetings and events industry trends a long-term reality, Alicia Jenelle, a multi-hyphenate professional and international experiential design expert from Toronto, shares how to push the DEIB conversation one step forward.
