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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control have issued an update to the health safety measures for air travel, now dropping a mandate for medical masks in airports and on board flights. And, a new survey finds that, with some pandemic-era restrictions still in play, air travelers are not happy.

Meetings in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa are heating up. Demand is six times higher than this time last year, says Carol Damiani, manager of meeting and convention sales at Tourisme Montreal

Smart Meetings 3-Day National Experience at Kimpton EPIC Hotel leveraged the best of the sunny, water-adjacent location to bring everyone together memorably. Here are some lessons learned from three days in Magic City.

As much as my wife and I love trying new restaurants and learning about new food cultures when we travel, this has often been difficult in the past. If you’ve never tried, you would probably be surprised to see how challenging it can be to dine out without wheat, cheese, cream and eggs.

In every era, flowers remain a timeless feature of event decor that refuses to fall out of style. It’s hard to deny the draw of freshly cut flowers. Lawn Love recently published the study, “2022’s Best Cities for Local Flowers,” which compared 200 U.S. cities in flower access, delivery access, vendor quality and local demand.

Almost 37,000 construction and masonry professionals returned to Informa Market's World of Concrete in January of 2022. The show took over 632,000 sq. ft. of Las Vegas Convention Center's still shiny space to learn about new equipment, techniques and trends from more than 1,100 vendors.

After the Biden administration sought to extend a longstanding U.S. mask mandate, U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled the directive unlawful, opening up a loophole for airlines.