Terri Hardin

Palm Springs

Community builder in the meetings industry.

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Full-Service Properties Renovate and Rebuild to Support Renasant Center in Memphis

1 week ago | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

No city wants its convention center to debut during a global catastrophe, but it happened to Memphis. Its $230 million Renasant Convention Center debuted in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a world of uncertainty. The pandemic challenges met by the renovation of the former Memphis Cook Convention Center made the results an even more impressive achievement. In June 2023, the Renasant Convention Center announced that it delivered a $60 million in economic impact during the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
New Properties and Services Give Colorado Meetings a Lift

1 month ago | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

If you haven’t been to the Rockies in the last decade, you may not recognize it. It’s late ski season, and while the mountain resorts are still welcoming snowboarders and schussers, they’ll soon be greeting meetings and conferences. Attendees are likely to see new and refreshed properties and services throughout these Colorado destinations. Plus, more changes are afoot in the metro areas of Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs.
How California's Inland Empire Is Preparing for the Future

1 month ago | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

Ranking only behind Greater New York City, the Los Angeles metropolitan area—with a swaggering population of nearly 13 million—is home to more people than 45 U.S. states. And a great swath of it, dubbed “The Inland Empire,” now ranks as the 12th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., thanks to Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga, the largest cities of Greater Ontario. And the region is investing in its future big time.
How Pacific Northwest Convention Centers Are Agents of Positive Change

2 months ago | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

Convention centers are created to make money and provide recognition for their host cities. Once in place, however, they can become agents of change for the better. Here’s how major convention centers in the Pacific Northwest do it. Agents of Change and RenewalSeattle Convention Center recently doubled its convention space by transforming a former bus station into the 573,770-square-foot Summit building, bringing its total space to 1.5 million square feet.
What’s Ahead for Arizona Meetings in 2025

2 months ago | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

Arizona has its fans. Just ask Tucson-resident David Kliman, Event Leaders Exchange co-founder and Kliman Group president. “Arizona offers much that is genuinely unique for meeting professionals and attendees, and the year-round weather allows for outdoor activities,” he said.
Downtown Tucson Is Building Success for Meetings and Conventions

Oct 29, 2024 | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

For a city of 546,574 people, Tucson has become a busy, busy place. Nowhere is that more evident than at the 233,000-square-foot Tucson Convention Center (TCC). The TCC completed an expansion and renovation in August 2023 that added 32,000 square feet of meeting space, two garages with more than 1,000 spaces, renovated the former TCC (now Linda Ronstadt) Musical Hall and restored the utility of the TCC’s two outdoor fountains.
How You Can Tap L.A.’s 5 Most Iconic Movie Locations for Meetings and Events

Sep 25, 2024 | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

The motion picture industry, which started in Los Angeles at the turn of the previous century, has inspired and changed the world since its inception. Attendees can easily see the iconic locations where Hollywood blockbusters were filmed to walk in some famous footsteps, and meetings and events can even incorporate some movie magic in their events. Here are five golden opportunities to do just that, plus a few that are a little off the beaten track.
How Phoenix Is Beating the Heat—and How Your Event Can Help | Meetings Today

Sep 25, 2024 | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

Cooling heat islands is the first step in creating a better urban environment. It should come as no surprise that Phoenix, which is literally named after a mythic bird that burst into flames, is the hottest metropolis in the U.S. While that ambient warmth attracts about 47 million visitors a year to the city, mainly during its delightful winter and shoulder seasons, it still means that summer is very, very hot. That situation, however, is changing for two reasons.
How the Space Symposium Leverages All Colorado Springs Can Offer Meetings

Jun 10, 2024 | meetingstoday.com | Terri Hardin

“Everyone has a place in Space,” according to Space Foundation’s vice president, strategic communications and outreach, Richard B. Cooper. Creating awareness of that is a key tenet of the Foundation’s mission, which is why the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center venue that recently reopened in Colorado Springs (June 1, 2024) has more activities, exhibits and 3,000 square feet of new meeting space.
IHG Reclaims Pricing Power, Led by U.S. Market

May 8, 2022 | businesstravelnews.com | Terri Hardin