L’Auberge Del Mar, set steps from the Pacific Ocean in San Diego’s coastal North County, may be reminiscent of a private Southern California beach house, but it’s loaded with all of the amenities and space for refined meetings and events.

Several southeastern CVBs are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian, which continued its move north—dangerously close to Florida's east coast—on Wednesday, September 4. As of Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. Eastern, Dorian was a Category 2 storm.

Rosen Hotels & Resorts is offering special discounted rates at its eight Orlando-area hotels for those affected by Hurricane Dorian. The special distress rates are offered when a tropical storm or hurricane warning is in effect for any area in Florida.

Sampling some of the best restaurants in Orlando’s booming food scene can also translate into helping local children in need as part of Visit Orlando’s annual Visit Orlando Magical Dining program, held at more than 120 restaurants through the end of September 2019.

Hilton Columbus Downtown broke ground on a 28-story tower to create the first 1,000-room convention hotel in Columbus. Together with the existing Hilton, the hotel will offer 75,000 square feet of meeting space and will be the largest hotel in Ohio when it opens in 2022.

Convene opened its first location within Washington, D.C., proper at Terrell Place. The space is Convene’s third location in the D.C. metro area and its first to feature its flexible workspace offering, Workplace, with 19 worksuites totaling 431 workstations.

Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center opened on the uppermost floors of what is now the city’s tallest building and 10th highest in the U.S. The entire Comcast Center building and the interiors and furnishings of Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia have been designed by world-renowned architect Norman Foster.

JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District opened with 346 guest rooms and 22,000 square feet of meeting and conference space. Now the third JW Marriott property in Canada, the hotel was designed with guests’ wellbeing in mind. All touchpoints are intentional and inspired by the principles of mindfulness, being present in mind, nourished in body and revitalized in spirit.

Live! by Loews Hotel—Arlington, Texas, opened at Texas Live!, the city's Entertainment District. The 14-floor, $150 million hotel features an outdoor lounge and bar with a view of the AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.

Cvent released the results of its fifth annual Cvent Planner Sourcing Report. The report compiles the results of a survey of nearly 3,000 event professionals worldwide that asked how they source venues and what influences their decision-making.