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.

Worldwide hotel chain IHG is incorporating circadian lighting by partnering with Healthe by Lighting Science to put the JOURNI Mobile Task Light in guest rooms.

Taco Bell will welcome guests to The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort in Palm Springs beginning August 6, 2019, for five days. The hotel will offer a number of Taco Bell brand flourishes, including a Taco Bell gift shop and special menu items available nowhere else.

Although the Four Seasons Orlando property is on the Walt Disney Resorts grounds, it still feels like an adult destination. Purposeful design creates a sense of seclusion, so your teams can still get work done.

The Orlando World Center Marriott launched the HyCube in April 2018. A year later, the hydroponic vegetable production system continues to provide a “pick-to-plate” dining experience for meeting and event attendees.

Meeting and event planners working with a facility’s convention services team can help ensure their program is a success by providing some very basic, but essential, information. Maxine Compean, associate event manager for the dual-branded the DOUGLAS, Autograph Collection and the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver, offered the following six tips to keep meeting and event planners and the convention services team on the same page.