The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) is pleased to announce Jimmy Earl, CFE, senior associate director of the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, as the recipient of the 2016 Charles A. McElravy Award. The McElravy Award, named in honor of one of IAVM’s founding org

The IAVM Executive Committee continues to work with SearchWide, our selected executive search firm, to forge the path for selecting IAVM’s next president/CEO. I want to thank the members for reaching out and sharing their thoughts and ideas as it reassures me of the importance this de

Congratulations to the following individuals who recently were awarded the Certified Venue Professional (CVP) designation during the AVSS/GuestX conference. Thanks to the generous funding and support from the IAVM Foundation, the CVP program was launched in August 2015 at VenueConnect

The year is flying by at warped speed as we just completed our mid-year board meeting in Dallas a few weeks back. Below are the key items discussed, accomplished, or moving forward. As you can imagine, the news at the top of the meeting revolved around the departure of our former CEO

During the last year, I’ve been experiencing a lot of “lasts.” Last summer, I attended VenueConnect for the last time and, in the fall, the International Convention Center Conference for the last time. This will be the last time I will be sending information to all IAVM members and HQ