The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center announced that Elaine Williams, CMP, CEM-AP, has been named as the facility’s Senior Director of Sales and Event Services. In this new role, Williams will be responsible for developing and overseeing the Sales and Event Services funct

By Danica Tormohlen As part of ASM Global’s new strategic convention and meeting space initiative, the ASM Global managed Huntington Place in Detroit hosted and sponsored the launch of the first-ever EVX on June 22. EV Exchange serves the electric vehicle (EV) and energy infrastructur

By stadiumbusiness.com Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United, has claimed a first for a professional sports stadium after it was awarded Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) precertification for its zero waste efforts. TR

FIFA has decided on the 16 cities that will host the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, with President Gianni Infantino outlining the goal that by the time of the tournament football will be “the No. 1 sport” across North America. The announcement on June 16 in Ne

By Maggie Yu The Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association (“HKECIA”) successfully held the annual conference on 1 June to update members of the latest industry information and trends. The physical conference was hosted at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Cent