Tag: convention centers

Sunny weather, attractions, beaches and family-friendly activities are just a few reasons West Coast meetings are a big hit. [...] Read more

Bigger, greener and better equipped, convention centers are taking their turn in the spotlight. [...] Read more

Following a $275 million expansion, the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis is now one of the country’s 20 largest. [...] Read more

DMAI and IAVM create study to focus on best practices, performance benchmarking guidelines and guidance for addressing new business models. [...] Read more

More hotels near the convention center would open city up to bigger meetings. [...] Read more

The revamped website from Virginia Tourism Corporation aims to make planning a meeting in the state easier. The new meeting website offers resources, key local contacts and information on the state’s full range of meeting venues in one place.

Researching a destination is easier on the site. It allows meeting planners to find large convention centers, smaller meeting venues, extracurricular activities and other aspects that create a total visitor experience. Planners can research venues in nine [...] Read more

Despite the challenging economy, many destinations are forging ahead with both their concepts and actual construction on convention centers. Our list of projects planned or in motion stretches across the continent and up and down the size and cost scale, from tiny Orange Beach, Ala., to Phoenix, Philadelphia and the Big Apple. [...] Read more

There seems to be no stopping the green movement in the meetings and events industry. Now more than ever, meetings destinations, hotel and convention properties, and industry organizations are gearing up for the future, and that future appears to be a bright shade of green. [...] Read more

It’s easy to meet green in Virginia and the Carolinas. [...] Read more