Boston is making a new effort to highlight diverse event suppliers, while a new apprenticeship in Chicago could jump start an event-industry career for a BIPOC applicant.
Will they or won’t they pass the federal budget? Government meeting professionals and planners whose attendees include a large number of federal employees will be scrambling if Congress shuts down the government this weekend.
Planners of the mid-November Las Vegas Grand Prix race have much work to do to prepare the Strip and surrounding neighborhoods for the huge spectator event. But Vegas visitors between now and then will have to adjust their expectations and schedules.