Meeting planners in the Meetings Today Market Trends Survey respond as whether they offer sustainable, or green, meetings.

Meeting planners in the Meetings Today Market Trends Survey respond to whether their organizations have a security or disaster management plan.

Meeting planners in the Meetings Today Market Trends Survey give their opinions on how the U.S. economy will impact the meetings industry.

Meeting planner respondents from the 2019 Meetings Today Trends Survey respond as to what activities they're incorporating.

Meeting planners respond to whether contract attrition clauses are being enforced more strictly.

Ocean State meetings mean business. In fiscal 2018, meetings, conventions and sporting events booked by the Providence Warwick CVB generated $73.65 million in direct spending for Rhode Island.

Loews Hotels is increasing its third-party meeting planner commissions to 13 percent at select hotels in 2019. The luxury hotel company is maintaining its current 10 percent commission structure at its other properties.

Mineral-rich Nevada, founded on gold and silver, is a place of opportunity for business ventures and meetings.

In an effort to provide cost-saving choices and advice, SmartAsset, a financial technology company reported the Best U.S. Cities for Conferences in 2018, based on recent data from forecasting company Oxford Economics.

Shrinking budgets and long hours lead the list of event planning challenges/worries, according to a new survey conducted by Event Manager Blog Editor Julius Solaris and released during his "Event Trends for 2019” educational session at IMEX America in Las Vegas. During the presentation Solaris also highlighted a number of event planning trends to watch for in the year ahead and some practical advice for meeting planners.