ADA is celebrating its 36th anniversary and it’s time for a reckoning: How far has the USA come, really, in accommodating individuals with disabilities? One aspect that has not changed as much as it should, say travelers, is that of hotel facilities. From rooms unable to be navigated in a wheelchair to beds too high for users’ safety, obstacles remain.

With mere days remaining in the countdown to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, it’s worth taking a quick look ahead to when the United States hosts the 2034 Games. While many of the same venues will be used, Salt Lake organizers say they don’t want to “cut and paste” from 2002 but instead, to present a vibrant new event.

Wooden medals. Sounds odd, right? But with the increasing number of awards given to athletes every year, a lot of hardware is being manufactured, and it may later need to be recycled (if not outright discarded) by recipients or parents. In a new trend, event owners are choosing wooden medals and awards that make a statement about sustainability.

Recently, Running USA noted it had integrated AllTrack music licensing into its suite of offerings for event producers. But music licensing is essential to the entire sports event industry (not just running), since playing music at public events requires licensing under U.S. copyright laws. NGBs are helping event owners stay compliant. Learn more here.

This is going to be a big year for sports, from the Winter Olympics next month in Italy to the FIFA World Cup throughout North America this summer. But a lot is happening in the world of youth sports, too, according to Aspen Institute’s Project Play, which identified 10 rising business-related trends.

Flip over to QVC or visit Amazon within seconds of the last play of the Super Bowl and you’ll see merchandise for the winning team advertised there and ready for overnight shipping, while sporting goods stores will have it the Monday after the game. But what happens with the losing team’s promo apparel? Well, unlike the team, it gets a happy ending.