By Nadia Vanderhoof, MA The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) successfully hosted the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior National Volleyball Championships under modified operations from July 14-22, 2020. With an estimated 9,600 players, chaperones and coaches in attendance, the

By Sara Fordham, CMP If someone asked you what your greatest fear is, what would you say? Heights? Spiders? Clowns, maybe? (Yikes!) Or would you identify more with the fear of large crowds? For IAVM members across the globe it is most likely NOT crowds because, after all, that’s kind

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 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