Venue Coalition announced that it has promoted Jordan Racine and has expanded its booking team with the addition of Teresa Guy. Jordan Racine has been promoted to booking/operations manager for the venue consulting organization. In his expanded role at Venue Coalition, Racine will foc

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) announced the appointment of Carolyn Johnson as director of marketing and communications. Johnson worked most recently at Hostplus, where she led the marketing efforts. Prior to joining Hostplus, she held a number of senior marketi

Taylor Harrison Speegle, director of corporate relations for Walton Arts Center/Walmart AMP, has been named a member of the 2018 Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 class. Each year, Arkansas Business honors 40 intriguing business and political leaders who are under 40 years old. Speegle gr

Turns out that 2018 is becoming quite a year for Michael Marion, CVE, general manager of the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Marion ascends to IAVM’s highest volunteer position next month at VenueConnect in Toronto when he becomes the chairman of the board of IAVM,

VenuesNow revealed the names of their 2018 Women of Influence honorees, and it is noteworthy for among many reasons including the fact that four of the recipients are distinguished IAVM members. In a voting from peers, the five join 42 previous winners who have had a positive impact o