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Yucatan International Convention Center, convention center, Yucatan, Mexico, Latin America, Samsung

New International Convention Center Increases Yucatan’s Meeting Demand

The Mexican state of Yucatan should be on your radar, with the opening of the Yucatan International Convention Center in Merida.
IRF, meeting

IRF Survey Explores Top-Performing Incentive Program Design

Incentive programs are most successful when they are designed to reflect and enhance the organization’s corporate culture.
Room Mate Hotels, deaf, hearing impaired, communication, translator, interpreter, technology

Room Mate Hotels Launches Interpretation Service for Deaf Attendees

Room Mate Hotels, a Spanish hotel company, is making life easier for its deaf and hearing-impaired attendees—and in turn, making these communication needs less of a concern for meeting planners.

Marriott Eyes Millennials for Meetings Innovation Cues

Marriott eyes millennials for meetings innovation cues as a shift in preferences among this generation changes the scope of meetings and conventions.
Buenos Aires Convention Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, LEED

Buenos Aires Debuts LEED-Certified Convention Center

The Buenos Aires Expo and Convention Center opened in Recoleta, a centralized neighborhood that gives attendees access to popular museums and attractions in Argentina’s capital city.
Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet, Missouri, Costa Rica, Tan-Tar-A, Lake of the Ozarks, rebranding

Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Expands to Costa Rica & Missouri

Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville empire continues to expand with a rebranding of two resorts in Missouri and Costa Rica—both of which cater to groups.
SXSW

6 Technology Meeting Trends

High-tech companies are typically the early adopters when it comes to meeting tech, from apps to virtual reality. Prevue asked planners about the latest trends they are seeing at technology meetings.
The Bahamas, One&Only Ocean Club, Caribbean, Baha Mar

New Happenings in The Bahamas

Meeting planners will be happy to know that The Bahamas is still very much open for business, with a slew of new experiences to offer groups in 2018.
The Kimpton Everly, InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Marriott Irvine Spectrum, Los Angeles, Southern California

3 Fresh SoCal Hotels to Put on Your Radar

The hotel scene is amping up in Southern California with new hotels coming to downtown Los Angeles and Orange County.
#thinkpink, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay

5 Hotels #ThinkPink This Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here are five hotels across the globe that #thinkpink to show their support.
#GreaterTogether, diversity, Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale Welcomes Diverse Groups with #GreaterTogether Campaign

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau recently launched its new #GreaterTogether initiative in an effort to welcome international groups.
Live! By Lowes, St. Louis, Ballpark Village, St. Louis Cardinals, Missouri

St. Louis Welcomes Convention Hotel in Phase II of Ballpark Village

St. Louis’ Ballpark Village is about to get much bigger as it gears up for a $260 million second-phase project that includes a convention hotel.
Disney, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, resort renovations, hotel renovations, Orlando, Florida

Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort Completes $140 Million Renovation

After three years, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla., officially completed the largest transformation in the resort’s history.
Puerto Rico, meeting

The Latest Hurricane Update From Puerto Rico

Many hotels are housing local and international relief workers, law enforcement and other government officials as well guests, and in some cases providing wi-fi hotspots.