San Francisco Bay Area meeting and event destinations are on the rise, with innovative venues and experiences for corporate meeting planners.

America’s past is just one facet of these Texas Panhandle cities that make the area a culturally rich destination for groups to explore.

JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo opened, marking the brand’s second JW property in Japan. The JW offers 11 meeting and event rooms and nine breakout rooms. In total, the hotel features more than 12,700 square feet of space.

Chicago’s City Council approved a Tourism Improvement District which now imposes a 1.5% fee on stays at qualifying hotels. The initiative aims to generate $40 million annually for meetings and tourism promotion.

Kansas City and its surrounding areas are welcoming a dozen new hotels to their pipeline, adding more than 1,000 rooms to the area’s portfolio. Ten of the properties are expected to open this year as the city prepares to welcome an estimated 650,000 visitors for FIFA World Cup. 

With 39 incorporated municipalities spread across Palm Beach County, and the charming small towns of the Treasure Coast—Vero Beach and Port St. Lucie are standouts—just to the north, this South Florida region offers a diverse and vibrant backdrop for unforgettable meetings and conventions. 

Meetings Today sat down with new One10 President and CEO Drew Carter to discover what his appointment means for meeting planners and how he will continue One10’s evolution. 

The Tourism Calgary team welcomed Meetings Today’s Taylor Smith and a dozen-plus meeting planners to a “Calgary on Ice” fam at the end of March, a chance to experience the “friendliest city in the world” and its group offerings.

In the meetings and events industry, there is nothing more valuable than the people—and the finite resources that are their time and attention. How do you capture an audience that has an eight-second attention span?

Route 66’s centennial celebration in Springfield, Illinois, is a fun lead-in for  America’s 250th anniversary festivities in the Land of Lincoln.