Corporate Meetings & Events

Atlassian’s Angela Smith doesn’t expect to be planning in-person events until the fall, but she sees opportunity in the alternatives.

This year’s legislative priorities will be focused on enabling businesses to reopen—things like event-cancellation insurance and liability protection—says Freeman’s Sue Sung.

Improved training and technology will help hotels draw group business as the pandemic wanes, says Marriott’s Brian Gilligan.

STR’s Jan Freitag warns that while meeting space will be easy to come by through June, the second half of the year could be highly competitive.

Bordering the leafy Turtle Creek neighborhood, the Marriott Dallas Uptown offers 13,000 square feet of indoor event space plus a rooftop deck with downtown views.

Originally scheduled to open in summer 2020, the 205-room Cottonwood Hotel, a centerpiece of the city’s Gold Coast historic district, reemerged in late November.

Insights from program director Melissa Vilders, who returned from maternity leave to build and run her first virtual event.