Hospitality industry technology company Cvent is hiring 1,000 employees to ramp up its global business.

Las Vegas' 2018 Global Meetings Industry Day event celebrated the impact the meetings and events industry has on the city's economy.

There are two major events in April only three days apart. One we cheer and celebrate, the other we jeer and commiserate. The first in 2018 is Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), April 12. The second is Tax Day, April 15, 2018.

Meetings Today thought it would be an interesting exercise to flip the Global Meetings Industry Day equation by asking some key meetings industry thought leaders and influencers about what they think we should focus on in the meetings industry to improve it from within?

Architects have submitted their designs for the phase two expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

In today’s world, the chance of a crisis interrupting your meeting or event isn’t so much the “if” it will happen, but “when” it might happen and “what” that crisis might be. The other reality is that while you can’t foresee and prevent many crises, there are steps that every planner should take to ensure they are prepared to handle any issue that comes along, as part of their “duty of care.”

Andavo Meetings' Brenda Rivers explains what Duty of Care means to meeting planners and how they can fulfill the obligation.

The tragic events that seem to impact our world at an ever increasing rate, from mass shootings and natural disasters to criminal acts, are especially dangerous in a legal sense to organizers of meetings and events.

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) is April 12, 2018, and here's where and how to participate.

Here are eight tips from leading meetings industry attorney Tyra Hilliard to help meeting and event planners limit liability when alcohol is being served.