READY FOR A REBOUND: Ingenuity, patience and leisure travelers kept many of North Carolina's meeting and convention destinations alive over the past 18 months. Now, they're poised for a comeback.

The article focuses on ingenuity, patience and leisure travelers kept many of North Carolina's meeting and convention destinations alive over the past 18 and they're poised for a comeback. Topics include the COVID-19 pandemic's arrival brought concerns and stay-at-home orders, the events were postponed or canceled, including those organized by her company, and that hotel's group sales manager was furloughed twice before leaving to start a new career.