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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced this week that the state will be the center of additional Amtrak service coming in 2024, connecting Chicago to the Twin Cities, with multiple stops in between.

A recent Yale study is reinforcing what many event professionals already promote as benefits to in-person interactions, including increased brain activity during real-life encounters vs. online video.

The sixth annual release of the Incentive Travel Index (ITI) reports that, overall, the incentive travel industry is strong, with growth projected through 2025 for both the number of people participating in incentive trips as well as per-person spend.

Milwaukee is among the top three large cities in the U.S. to visit, according to the recently released 2023 Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards.

Let's take a look at the challenges and opportunities for the meetings and events industry, which will affect the way events are booked, planned and executed.

RFP activity for large and medium events is reaching pre-pandemic levels for the first time, according to the Events Industry Council’s recently released Global Events Barometer for the Second Quarter of 2023.

The U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry continues to rebound, according to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), reporting a continued, albeit choppy improvement in the second quarter of 2023 from the previous 13 quarters.

VISIT Milwaukee recently announced four new hires and four new promotions, increasing capacity and adding new capabilities amid a strong post-pandemic recovery and anticipated future growth for Milwaukee’s travel and tourism sector.