Dear IAVM Friends, Once again, our hearts break for so many touched by the act of terror in Orlando, Florida, this past weekend. The Pulse nightclub attack is so very terrifying due to the seeming randomness of how the attacker selected the venue. We all have venues we work in and som

IAVM member and longtime Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) instructor Chris Rogers passed away earlier this month. We’ve been receiving tributes from members and friends and would like to share them with you. Steven A. Adelman Chris Rogers, a longtime member of the

This quarter, the YP Connection event will feature Matt Hollander, CFE, general manager of the Miami Beach Convention Center, operated by Spectra Venue Management, on Friday, May 20, 3 p.m. (EST). The Miami Beach Convention Center recently broke ground on a $651 million expansion and

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) offers a great program called MPI Experiential Event Series that lets meeting and event planners experience behind the scenes of some of the world’s largest events. The first program was the 2016 Miss America Competition, and the most re

These are selected news articles that showed up in our inboxes on Monday morning that we want to pass along to you. Street View Now Shows You the Inside Of Sports Arenas and Stadiums (AndroidPolice.com) “The feature is not limited to any one sport. In an announcement post, Googl