With the right planning and dedication, any event can aim for zero waste. This isn't just an admirable goal—it's a business imperative. As sustainability moves from a buzzword to a core business value ...

In her 12 years at event-technology firm Cvent, Allyson Keenan has risen from marketing intern to event planner to event-operations manager and event technologist. So, she has a broad and clear ...

Khris Baizen Senior Director of Production Sales Encore “I’ve embraced a mindset where change is not a one-time occurrence but a continuous cycle of improvement.” Read Baizen’s change story. Jennifer ...

Released in mid-October, the seventh annual edition of the Incentive Travel Index—a collaboration between Incentive Research Foundation, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence, and research firm ...

The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla., presently part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, will soon become the Signia by Hilton Diplomat Resort, reinforcing the property’s focus on serving ...

As a group, the organizations on this year’s CMI 25 list executed nearly 150,000 corporate meetings and more than 1,400 incentive-travel programs. In total, those events used more than 7 million room ...

Set on the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico less than 5 miles from the El Yunque Rainforest, the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Rainforest Beach & Golf Resort is in the midst of a full-property refresh that ...

As a coalition of professional, industry, and labor associations within the business-event industry, the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance engages state and federal officials to encourage them to ...

hotel union workers labor strike meetings eventsR.I., and New Haven, Conn.—the Omni Providence and the Omni New Haven at Yale—also voted to authorize a strike. The contracts for some of the workers ...

White Lodging’s three other Austin properties are the 162-room Moxy Austin University and the dual-branded AC Hotel Austin University and The Otis Hotel Austin with 347 rooms. These are a 10-minute ...

With its topping-out ceremony set for mid-July, the newest hospitality addition to the Shreveport-Bossier City area is on track to debut in Q1 2025. Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana will be a 545-room ...

Research on climate-impact menu labels has proven their effectiveness with consumers. A study conducted in 2022 and published on the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network found that when certain ...