The Board of Directors of Convention Sales Professionals International (CSPI) announced that Stacey Knoppel, director of convention management for Events DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Shawn Corwin-Myland Award bestowed by

If I wasn’t doing this I’d be a: Zoologist, probably! Or at least an animal attendant at a zoo. Most impressive person I’ve ever met: The late Dan Kubiak, former member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was a wonderful champion for public education and a really nice guy. His n

Claude Molinari, general manager of SMG/Cobo Center, announced an unprecedented partnership in Detroit as the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA) has awarded the naming rights of Cobo Center to Chemical Bank, the largest bank headquartered in Michigan. Chemical Bank

The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has named Rocsean Spencer as Small Business Program Director. The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, the Convention Center’s governing board, created the position to promote the importance of diversity, inclusion,

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced the promotion of Senior Research Director Nancy Drapeau, PRC, to CEIR Vice President of Research. In addition to conducting trend studies and building research agenda each year in consultation with the CEIR Research Council,