Midwest Meetings

After a national search, VISIT Milwaukee has named Peggy Williams-Smith, senior vice president of Marcus Hotels & Resorts, as its new CEO, effective November 18.

According to the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), gift cards can be used as effective rewards in well-designed incentive programs.

LinkedIn is expanding its reach with event planning functionality to further its goal of connecting people and facilitating networking.

The Holiday Inn Express & Suites Elkhorn-Lake Geneva Area recently opened at 200 W. O’Connor Drive in Elkhorn, just off I-43 and WI-67. 

Hotel Northland Green Bay originally opened in the spring of 1924 as the largest hotel in all of Wisconsin. After a recent major restoration and renovation spanning several years, the hotel opened on Valentine’s Day of 2019.

Hotel openings and guest room additions like the Drury Plaza Hotel could help contribute to drawing more conventions to the Milwaukee area — conventions beyond the Democratic National Convention being held in Milwaukee in July 2020.

As Milwaukee’s largest hotel with 729 rooms and skyway access to the Wisconsin Center convention and exposition facility, the Hilton Milwaukee City Center is preparing to serve as the headquarters for the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC) in 2020.

Kinseth Hospitality Company (KHC) recently announced the grand opening of the Tru by Hilton hotel in Brookfield.