Special events business news this week includes 360 Destination Groups new additions to its global business development team.

Plastics straws are in the cross hairs in public outrage over pollution, and the hospitality industry is at work to respond.

Special events business news this week includes a new acquisition from Opus Agency.

Hotel unions are putting the heat on Marriott management this summer.

Special events news this week includes a new address for designer Joe Mineo and the formation of McVeigh Global Meetings and Events.

Some California hotels are losing their reservations about accommodating pot smokers, with one hotelier's business up 50 percent.

And here they are: Part 4, and five new faces of the future of special events.

Though GDPR is grabbing headlines, California just passed its own data-regulation law.