MGM Resorts announces plans for a new 5,000-seat theater in Las Vegas, which will be available for meeting groups when it opens in 2016. The Blue Man Group will move from the Monte Carlo to Luxor this fall.

Gala dinner at an Amway incentive program in 2014The Korean outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been officially declared over, according to a press release from the Korea Meetings, Incentives, Convention and Exhibition Bureau...

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Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is expanding its Radisson Blu brand into Latin America. Javier Rosenberg, COO, Americas, made the announcement at the Global Business Travel Association Convention, being held July 25–29 in Orlando...

Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger with a scale model of the Shanghai Disney ResortUnder construction since 2011 and on the drawing board for years before that, the Shanghai Disney Resort has announced a spring 2016 opening date for its $5.5 billio...

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, MGM Resorts International’s 3,211-room, high-end casino property on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip, has announced a huge remodeling project that will update all its rooms and suites by spring 2016. The $100 ...

Last week I was in the second largest city in the European Union, Berlin, Germany. Berlin is about as historic and vibrant a city as one could ever hope to visit, and surprisingly affordable. More than one-third of the city is covered in parks an...

Hotels form creative alliances to entice groups

Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay in Monterey, Calif., has activated a 1 gigabit-per-second Internet connection to support events and guests, increasing the hotel’s Internet capacity by tenfold. The enterprise-grade connection supports Wi-Fi, f...