Destination & Venue News

One of the largest properties in St. Charles, Mo., a northwestern suburb of St. Louis, is tripling its meeting space.

North of the hotel zone, in Cancun’s Playa Mujeres area, the luxury property will offer 498 rooms and 23,863 square feet of event space.

The Marriott Hotels brand’s very first all-inclusive property has 25,000 square feet of event space, 13 F&B outlets, a large kids camp, and several adult-only pool areas.

Across Lake Washington from Seattle, the fast-growing suburb adds a luxury property with a small conference center.

White Lodging Hospitality is the second hotel consortium to market its properties as a citywide convention package.

Adjacent to the Bradenton Area Convention Center, the 252-room Palmetto Marriott also has more than 9,000 square feet of meeting space of its own.

A new Amex survey identifies the U.S. cities seeing the fastest growth in business travel. They might be second- or third-tier convention destinations, but their hotels are meeting-ready.

The Hilton Anaheim, adjacent to the city’s convention center, kicks off a year-long upgrade this summer.

Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana will have the first land-based casino in northern Louisiana along with a 25,000-square-foot meeting and event center.

A Tapestry Collection property joins a Doubletree property to form a 452-room complex with 38,000 square feet of meeting and event space.