Destinations
Catskills Meetings: Bagels, Borscht & Breakouts
Long before beachfront mega-resorts and bucket-list travel, summer in the Northeast meant “going up to the mountains.” The ethnic enclaves in that area helped create American leisure.
20 Offsite Venues Attendees Won’t See Coming
According to most industry metrics, these are the 10 most popular cities for meetings and events. That means a lot of your attendees have probably been there before. One way to cure destination fatigue is to jazz up your agenda with an offsite event at a unique location.
History Resurfaces at Ground Zero—And It’s Event Planner Gold
There are museum exhibits—and then there’s this. Since May, visitors to the New York State Museum in Albany won’t just browse artifacts behind glass. They’ll watch, in real time, as conservators reconstruct a 50-foot-long Revolutionary War-era gunboat that once lay buried beneath the World Trade Center.
Borderline Disaster: Why Tariffs and Travel Fees Are Wrecking Meetings
U.S. cross-border policies and tariff strategies are creating a crisis that threatens North American events By all outward signs, 2025 should be a boom year for cross-border tourism and international events. But behind the scenes, the North American travel economy is under serious threat—and meeting and event planners need to pay attention. Last week, the […]
Townsizing and Awayborhoods: 2025’s Hottest Trends for Meetings
Forget the usual suspects. As attendee preferences shift adiscover how small towns and vibrant local neighborhoods can transform your next corporate gathering.
The Big Beautiful Bill: Not Too Pretty for Meetings
Brand USA’s budget slashed—visa costs skyrocketing—CVB support drying up—planners now face a new era of doing more with less—and doing it without much global goodwill A sweeping new law—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025—is poised to reshape how meetings and events are funded and supported at the […]
The Waldorf Astoria Returns
When the Waldorf Astoria New York reopens in the coming months after an eight-year, top-to-bottom renovation, it won’t just mark the return of a legendary hotel. It will set a new standard for incentive and corporate meetings in New York City.
Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Completes Major Repositioning
With its recent multi-million-dollar renovation and transition to the Royal Sonesta brand, one of Kaua‘i’s best-known beachfront resorts has officially reopened with renewed ambition—and a clear focus on the meetings and incentive market.
Cvent Unveils 2025 Rankings of Meeting Destinations
Cvent unveiled its 2025 rankings of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels. The annual lists are issued regionally for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and for the first time this year, Latin America & Caribbean.
Is Your Event Hurricane-Proof?
For meeting and event planners—especially those organizing events in hurricane-prone regions like the Southeast U.S., Gulf Coast, and Caribbean—the forecast for an unusually active 2025 hurricane season means it’s time to tighten up contingency plans.
