By Maren Dougherty The San Diego Convention Center Corporation announced the 2021 officers of its Board of Directors. Hospitality executive and entrepreneur Elvin Lai will serve as Board Chair. “My top priority as the incoming Chair is to build and execute a strategic recovery p

By R.V. Baugus Randy Brown, CVE, Executive Vice President & General Manager of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has just about seen it all during his three decades-plus at the venue. He has witnessed more starts and stops than a car chugging on its l

By ISSA and R.V. Baugus Now this is what we like to see. The latest update of all venue types around the world who have earned GBAC STAR accreditation includes a wealth of public assembly venues. IAVM congratulates these venues as well as those currently working hard to receive accred

By Mary-Michael Rodgers Boise Centre has achieved the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) STAR™ facility accreditation, the gold standard for prepared facilities. Under the guidance of GBAC, a Division of ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, Boise Centre has i

By Nan Marchand Beauvois and R.V. Baugus The Meetings Mean Business Coalition and Lets Meet There continues to focus on industry recovery and moving forward together. To that end, the organization’s are pleased to share a Meet Safe platform. The platform, developed in partnershi