Smart Meetings

Despite the monumental challenges to the hospitality and events industry, there is much to be thankful for. Smart Meetings reached out to our illustrious editorial advisory board to ask what they are thankful for in this very unusual year.

Planners have had to innovate in order to continue connecting people over a shared meal during the pandemic. Wolfgang Puck Catering says these six post-pandemic F&B trends are here to stay in 2021.

From desert sunsets to beach and mountain escapes, these new and renovated properties in Arizona, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Los Cabos, Mexico, will blow you away.

With so many Zoom alternatives out there, how do you choose? We jumped in, Smartie-style, to examine four of them with a focus on giving attendees what they miss most about IRL events—autonomy and engagement.

Travel may look different this year, but hotels are still enticing guests with revelrous rates, open-air activities and holiday happenings. We’ll be updating Cyber deals here throughout the week.

Over seven weeks from September to November, the EventHack Hybrid Games fielded teams of meeting professionals against each other in a competition to pitch the most creative ideas on audience engagement, sponsorship, networking and more.

VBQ Speakers uncovered the most popular TED and TEDx speakers in five countries and found that they all share one trait—they speak to harnessing human spirit and emotion.