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Meeting planners are becoming experts in wellness, but they're neglecting one group: themselves. Here are tips to stay healthy on the road.

Straight out of college, Kelly Gleeson Smith knew she had fallen into her dream career after landing her first job in “meeting connection sales” at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country in San Antonio, Texas. From the start, she reveled in what she described as the “power of meetings” to affect so many people. “It was like a pebble falling into the water, and then the centrifugal rings just continuing to expand it,” Gleeson Smith said. “I thought, ‘Wow, this is an amazing industry.’�...

Despite rumblings of a slowing job market, the trade show industry is continuing its strong hiring and promoting momentum, with organizations far and wide filling executive roles with seasoned industry veterans and elevating strong-performing team members with new titles. Check them out!