Hector Rivera uses his passion for and knowledge of plants as culinary gardener and beekeeper at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, where he plans and maintains garden beds, tends to the onsite greenhouse and harvests and prepares produce for the resort’s dining outlets.

Collective Retreats’ Jesse Rodriguez creates mocktail recipes for guests as non-alcoholic beverages rise in popularity.

L’Auberge de Sedona offers groups a new opportunity to reconvene and reconnect through wellness

We’ve all been on a collective, and also individual, journey with deep currents running through our consciousness and determining our future course. Meetings wellness expert Lee Papa taps into that current with her own reflections on everything we’ve been through during two years of pandemic that will shape the future.

Along with global wellness and real estate technology company Delos—founder of the WELL Building Standard—ALHI has introduced a five-hour course teaching planners how to design, plan and implement wellness solutions for safer and healthier meeting experiences for attendees.

As we head into the holiday season, the hectic world of business typically slows. Meetings wellness expert Lee Papa discovers how one meeting professional takes this time to reflect on what’s truly important. 

The experiences we’ve navigated since this global pandemic began have affected each one of us—in different ways and similar ways. Here is the story of Kayla Cook, owner and lead planner of Kayla Cook events, on how she navigated the stress of the pandemic.

Coming out of the most-challenging year and a half for meetings and events, planners need to embrace wellness practices as in-person meetings resume. Wellness expert Lee Papa contemplates what fall will bring, and how to set your intentions in preparation.