Welcome to the Group Business Blog. I’ve long felt that the meetings and events business is fruitful ground for lodging executives to read, talk, and explore more through a regular forum for discussion and exchange. I’m thrilled and grateful that Lodging is providing a forum for doing that on a regular basis. It’s no exaggeration to say that the group and conventions part of the hotel business is recovering from near life-support, after the harrowing years of the fina...