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Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Detective Gil Carrillo speaks at CrimeCon, a popular true-crime convention organized by Henrico County-based Convention Connections Inc. Photo by Red Seat Ventures/Mollie Corbett
Sep 29, 2021

Rolling with the punches

Flexibility is once again the name of the game for meeting planners in 2021. In 2020, most planners’ clients postponed or canceled conferences, while others decided to go virtual instead of meeting in person. This time around, it’s somewhat safer to meet due to COVID-19 vaccines, but outbreaks are still occurring in Virginia[...]

Sep 29, 2021

Virginia’s largest conference hotels

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One of Virginia’s oldest businesses, the Omni Homestead Resort & Spa in Bath County is expected to reopen its remodeled Warm Springs Pools in late 2022. Photo courtesy Omni Homestead Resort & Spa
Sep 29, 2021

Be our guest

It’s no secret that the hospitality industry is hurting from the ongoing pandemic. Although widespread shutdowns are in the past, hotel executives are now challenged by the sector’s labor shortage and the slow recovery of business travel. In July, hotel revenues were down 3% compared with the same month in 2019, according to[...]

The Sessions Hotel in downtown Bristol is named after the historic 1927 Bristol recording sessions that are considered the birth of modern country music. Photo courtesy Sessions Hotel
Sep 28, 2020

2020 Virginia Meetings

Welcome to the second issue of Virginia Meetings. Below you’ll find content about how hotels have reopened with caution during the pandemic and how virtual conferences have become the new norm for meeting planners. Also included is a list of Virginia’s largest conference hotels. Checking in: Hotels reopen with cautio[...]

Sep 28, 2020

Virginia’s largest conference hotels

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