Places & Spaces
Helping Attendees Experience a Destination Digitally
Austin had been a big draw for 2020 American College of Toxicology’s annual meeting registrants. Organizers needed to figure out a way to bring as much of the destination as possible to an entirely online audience.
Walk/Bike/Places Brings Online Attendees ‘Outdoors’
Here’s how an annual conference for placemaking professionals tweaked its mobile workshops to give virtual tours of its host city.
A Master Class in Art and Public Safety
Traveling exhibition turns ballroom at America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis into a Michelangelo gallery with nearly life-sized recreations of his Sistine Chapel paintings.
Airbn-Be There Through Virtual Travel
With travel still largely on hold, the company’s Online Experiences are giving guests a chance to see, touch, and taste new destinations from home.
Can Venues Have a Say in Event Set Design?
The controversy around how the recent Conservative Political Action Conference stage set bore a resemblance to a Nazi hate symbol raised the question: How much influence can a host venue exert over the staging of an event? We asked an attorney to weigh in.
Booking Meeting Venues Site Unseen
The digital tools that make it possible to conduct all or part of site visits remotely have come to the forefront over the last year, in ways that may change how planners book meetings in the future. Planners and destinations share their strategies.
What LEGO, Economic Development, and Events Have in Common
Economic Development Winnipeg found a way to use a team member’s pandemic pastime and LEGO sets to help explain in simple terms how tourism and business events are integral to economic development.
Richmond Embraces Its Painful Past During Black History Month
Here’s how one city with a history in the slave trade in North America has made the Black experience in America central to its identity.
Making Virtual and Hybrid Events Look Like TV
Long Beach’s director of creative initiatives, Tra Jones, said the brand-new role is designed to bring live events into the convention center while elevating the experience for those watching online.
Catching up with Casandra Matej, Visit Orlando’s New President and CEO
Casandra Matej, who takes over Feb. 1, discusses the perks of relocating to Orlando from San Antonio, the future of face-to-face meetings, and how she sees DMOs evolving in the future.
Sensory Space: Montreal’s OASIS immersion
Newly opened space at the Palais de congrès de Montréal immerses participants in color, sound, and light.
DMOs Embrace Diversity
These meetings organizations have pledged to improve representation in their destinations.