(Editor’s Note: IAVM Chair Rip Rippetoe, CVE, was interviewed for the December Member Spotlight by the California Travel Association. We both congratulate Rip and thank him for his story as well as his promotion of IAVM and the role it plays throughout the public assembly venue

The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and the Urban League of Louisiana honored the winners of the inaugural Ernest N. Morial Awards at a socially-distanced luncheon on December 3 in the Convention Center’s Great Hall. These awards recognize a small business and a corpora

From Visit Phoenix and R.V. Baugus Steve Moore, President & CEO of Visit Phoenix and long-time IAVM supporter, announced his retirement effective March 31, 2021. Moore has led Visit Phoenix for 19 years after he previously spent 14 years as CEO of Visit San Antonio and 13 years w

By Christine Susa Pasadena Center Operating Company, Centerplate, city officials, and volunteers prepared up to 250 turkeys at the Pasadena Convention to feed two thousand families for the Union Station Homeless Services Thanksgiving Dinner. The annual Union Station Homeless Services

By Mabel Hung Following a series of well attended physical trade and consumer exhibitions in October, another four trade fairs were held successfully at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) during 11-13 November 2020. They were Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong X Gourm