Steve Singh of Spotnana says AI agents now handle cancellations, refunds and unticketed flights, and he puts the servicing saving at 50% or more. He speaks at Skift Global Forum on September 22-24, and group buyers can test four of his claims against their own block contracts.
A group block contract holds rooms the group may not fill. Block size, cut-off date and attrition threshold set the fee when pickup falls short, and the clause structure decides how the shortfall is charged.
Climate Week NYC 2026 and the UN General Assembly high-level week overlap for six days in Manhattan. The booking sequence that holds a room block, a boardroom and a transfer schedule through the week.
Climate Week NYC and the UN General Assembly share five days in New York. For a delegate group of 20 to 60 rooms, the terms that matter are the cut-off date, the attrition measurement, the rate for each night, and how the group holds space before its programme is fixed.
The Brooklyn Book Festival runs September 20 to September 28, 2026. Its four schedule pages list 165 entries across eleven partner organisations, six buildings and eight stages, and neither flagship day charges for entry.
Turner broke ground July 9, 2026 on the American Express headquarters at 2 World Trade Center. Group sales teams and planners get a 2031 block window, longer RFP lead times and four questions for every site inspection.
Vornado Realty Trust, Rudin and Ken Griffin are building a 64-story, 1.8-million-square-foot office tower at 350 Park Avenue, anchored by Citadel and Citadel Securities. Demolition runs to about March 2027 and the tower is projected for completion in 2032.
PCMA Convening APAC ran 12 to 14 April 2026 and The Meetings Show Asia Pacific ran 14 to 15 April, both at Marina Bay Sands. The show reported 1,913 professionals and more than 9,000 business meetings.
The 13th edition of Bariloche a la Carta runs 5 to 12 October 2026 in San Carlos de Bariloche, with more than 90 restaurants on the food circuit and Feria BALC at the Centro Civico.
Do it Best Corp. holds its Fall Market at the Indiana Convention Center September 25 to 28, 2026, with registration and hotel reservations on one page and a 22-hotel block. Planners pricing adjacent meeting space that week work against that room list and a full event calendar.
MAPP's benchmarking conference brings 650 delegates, ten learning tracks and a three-day room set to Indianapolis from September 29 to October 1, 2026.
Signia by Hilton Indianapolis brings 800 connected rooms and the convention center expansion adds 143,500 square feet with a 50,000-square-foot ballroom. The 2027 RFP timing.
Fifteen-story, 176-room Ritz-Carlton hotel with 11,500 sq ft of meeting space and a 4,000-capacity Live Nation venue on one 1.8-acre downtown Indianapolis block, with the buyout, room-block and incentive questions group buyers need answered.
Visit Austin lists six city developments for meeting groups, from a 2029 convention center reopening to a 4,000-capacity venue opening in spring 2027.
ATD Core4 runs September 29 to October 1, 2026 at the Indiana Convention Center with one general session and four concurrent breakout tracks, against a 1,000-attendee forecast.
Hendricks rebuilds Circle Centre Mall as Traction Yards with 400,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment, and the Artsgarden rates a group can hold today.
Indianapolis opens the Georgia Street west block as an outdoor event space in October 2026 with plaza areas, a monumental canopy, tree planting and wider sidewalks. The Signia by Hilton and the convention center expansion open in December 2026, ahead of the 2027 group season.
ATD OrgDev puts eight concurrent breakout blocks into Sagamore 1-7 across three days. The space, reset and food and beverage read a meeting planner specs against.
A four-day dual-load programme at the Indiana Convention Center: floor load limits, utility grids, union rigging jurisdiction, freight routing and 15 food and beverage windows across 4-7 October 2026.
The ISBA/IAPSS 77th Annual Fall Conference runs 5 and 6 October 2026 at the Indiana Convention Center on a 1,000 forecast with no hall named, against a 90.9 percent fill on the Wabash Ballroom and 66.7 percent on the 500 Ballroom. Power, riser and 25-day room-set terms sit in the venue guide.
Bahrain will host the International Tourism Investment Forum with UN Tourism from 10 to 12 January 2027, under the patronage of the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.
The second annual Emerging Leaders Forum brings a 220-delegate statewide group to the Indiana Convention Center on 7 October 2026, with the programme inside nine meeting rooms.
Hotelga 2026 closed in Buenos Aires with more than 15,600 visitors, more than 200 exhibiting brands and institutional stands from four provinces, per the organisers and the closing coverage.
Pacers Sports & Entertainment opens the Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center before the 2027 WNBA season: 108,000 square feet over three storeys, a two-court training floor, a recovery suite and a skybridge to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Alabama Street.
Indiana University Health is building an 864-room, three-tower hospital campus on 44 acres between 12th and 16th streets in Indianapolis, with a 326,000-square-foot medical education and research building, on schedule for a December 2027 opening. HVS expects steady weekday hotel demand for extended-stay and midscale hotels from medical professionals, faculty, patients and families.
The FullScale Symposium takes 1,000 delegates into the Indiana Convention Center from 8 to 10 October 2026. A 4,000-delegate dental meeting runs in the same building across the same days.
The ADA Scientific Sessions bring a forecast 4,000 dentists to downtown Indianapolis 8-10 October. The organiser publishes a practice-level group discount and an 18 September housing deadline.
A one-day consumer expo fills Exhibit Hall A on 10 October. The exhibitor side is the group story, and the floor terms are published.
The Metal Treating Institute Fall Meeting runs with Furnaces North America at the Indiana Convention Center, 12-15 October 2026. The $229 block, its booking terms and the host-city inventory a planner works with.
A 326,200-square-foot teaching and research building anchors the 44-acre IU Health campus. Group sales teams get an academic audience and a dated booking window.
