conventions

Spotlight On: Gregg Caren, President & CEO, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau

3 min read February 2024 — Invest: spoke with Gregg Caren, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, to discuss the organization's role in hosting some of the biggest events in the city, with a worldwide reach and an eye on what will be an historic 2026.

2024-02-28T13:39:17-05:00February 28th, 2024|Economy, Philadelphia, Spotlight On, Tourism & Hospitality|

Spotlight On: Melvin Tennant, President & CEO, Meet Minneapolis

4 min read February 2023 — As the business traveler and convention segments were hard hit during the pandemic, Minneapolis implemented a plan B. “What we've done is to focus much more on leisure travel until whenever the business travel component returns to where it was before the pandemic,” said

Top 5 Tourism Drivers for The Palm Beaches

By Max Crampton-Thomas 4 min read October 2019 —  With more than 8 million visitors to Palm Beach County in 2018, it’s no secret that tourism is the driving force behind the economy in The Palm Beaches. Last year, these visitors generated $7.4 billion in economic impact and are the