Earning loyalty points for booking meetings and events within one hotel chain provides a number of advantages for planners, from free room nights to suite upgrades, premium Wi-Fi and all manner of amenities and other inclusions.

Together with flamenco dancers and Mickey Mouse, Thomas Mazloum, senior vice president, resorts at Walt Disney World, kicked off the grand opening of the 16-story Gran Destino Tower.

Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort unveiled its Gran Destino Tower on July 9, 2019. Along with 545 guest rooms, this new tower boasts new meeting venues, adding to the property’s existing 220,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

Located just outside of Chicago, the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center features a newly remodeled lobby area, guest rooms and meeting spaces full of floral and natural inspiration.

New CRN member The Westin Michigan Avenue lives the CRN's overarching goal: provide exceptional meeting planner service and support. Discover how this Chicago property provides flexible meetings and personalized attendee experiences, with a beach view.

These luxury suites are exclusive to a select few. How can you book them? Christoph Trappe provides details from his latest conference speaker trip.

New Jersey will be the first state in the U.S. to require hotels to provide panic buttons for workers. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill June 11, 2019, that will require hotels with 100 guest rooms or more to equip hotel workers with wearable panic buttons, or employee safety devices (ESD), which can be pressed to get help in an emergency.

Irvine Company’s Coastal Collection, which includes The Resort at Pelican Hill, Hotel Irvine and Fashion Island Hotel, is diverse in style, vibe and onsite amenities, giving planners options for almost any kind of meeting or event.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has joined other major hotel chains, such as Marriott and Disney, in eliminating miniature bathroom amenities. The company will switch to bulk-size amenities in nearly all of its 843,000 guest rooms worldwide by 2021.

Majestic Las Vegas hotel gets approval from Clark County commissioners. The new, $850 million, 720-room nongaming hotel on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip is being developed by Lorenzo Doumani. The property will feature 10 floors of convention and meeting space, multiple dining outlets and a wellness medical spa.