A tandem paragliding experience and a Vietnamese cooking class are among the more than 100 experiences offered in a new worldwide program launched by Hyatt Hotels Corporation.
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A tandem paragliding experience and a Vietnamese cooking class are among the more than 100 experiences offered in a new worldwide program launched by Hyatt Hotels Corporation.
Each year, thousands of hotels, resorts and conference centers in the United States open or are renovated—and the numbers have been increasing due to the financial boom that continues in the hospitality industry. Many of the openings and renovations signify landmark developments in the industry, and some involve the country’s premier properties. They also are critically important to meetings and events, because they offer new, exciting options for planners and their groups.
MGM Resorts International has emphasized that its recent legal action regarding the Oct. 1 mass shootings in Las Vegas is not seeking money or other compensation from victims, but instead is merely an effort to determine whether or not a federal law prohibits the victims’ lawsuits against the company.
Nicknamed the Silver State because of the importance of silver to its history and economy, Nevada features a highly diverse landscape that includes arid plains and snowcapped mountains, as reflected by its two major areas, Las Vegas and Reno/ Tahoe, respectively.
Planners are welcoming the news that freshly expanded areas of Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) officially opened Sunday, increasing the facility’s total size by more than 215,000 sq. ft., including a new 97,000-square-foot multipurpose event space with a 1,000-seat theater.
IMEX America 2018, set for October in Las Vegas, will offer a wide array of experiential activities, reflecting the growing trend for engaging interactive activities in the meetings industry.
New Mexico wasn’t officially nicknamed the Land of Enchantment until 1999, but residents have been well aware of its many alluring qualities ever since its first residents, the prehistoric Clovis culture of Paleo-Indians, wandered upon it.
Global Meetings Industry Day has blossomed in the past 22 years from a regional event in Canada to a vast worldwide celebration. The number of participants and programs offered by GMID keeps growing every year, but the event has only begun to tap its potential impact.
Not so long ago, Hallyu, or the “New Wave” cultural phenomenon in South Korea was a passion isolated to the young. But the movement that started with music and television is now seeped so deeply into daily life that the country’s main meetings event focused on how Hallyu can be integrated with the industry.
The historic summit bringing together President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday could be a catalyst to eventually provide a major boost for the meetings industry. The summit has the potential to strengthen relations between the two countries that could result in more travel.
