From ISSA and R.V. Baugus The Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, on Thursday announced a new round of facilities that have achieved GBAC STAR™ facility accreditation. As the industry’s only outbreak prevention, response, and recovery accreditation, GBA

By R.V. Baugus Time to fess up. I am not into Comic-Con (picture me now cowering and covering my head as rotten tomatoes are thrown my way). I would say that I am not the demographic, but that wouldn’t exactly fly as I do know people in the general vicinity of my unshared age wh

By R.V. Baugus When Zane Collings, Assistant General Manager of the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., managed by ASM Global, thought back to the last event held in 2020 at his venue, he had to pause before answering. After a few seconds, Collings recalled that it w

By R.V. Baugus and ISSA From Los Angeles to New Orleans, several convention centers and lodging facilities across the United States have recently secured GBAC STAR™ facility accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA. By providing third-pa

By Stacie Bauer This month the Seattle Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass, McHaw Hall, and greenway — each a part of the arts, family, and entertainment hub for the Pacific Northwest — selected Ungerboeck to transform an antiquated events management system into an adaptable, multi-funct