IAVM member Bob McClintock, COO and senior vice president of the convention center division of SMG, was featured twice this past week on Philly.com in articles about convention center management. Here’s what he said in the article “In Convention Center Management, What You

The International Association of Venue Managers Foundation (IAVMF) is pleased to announce Joe Floreano, CFE, as recipient of the 2014 Legacy Award for venue management excellence. Floreano is the executive director of the Rochester Riverside Convention Center in New York. The purpose

The Florida Department of Transportation awarded the American Maglev Technology company this week the opportunity to lease right-of-way space between the Orlando International Airport and the Orange County Convention Center. The train system will run approximately 15 miles, and a one-

Here’s one way to impress meeting planners: convertible seating. Consider, for example, the new Swiss Tech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, which features a 3,000-seat amphitheater that is fully modular. It houses a system of motorized swivel pins attached to each row

The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas announced today that it plans to expand its convention center, adding more than 350,000 square feet of exhibit space to its existing 1.7 million square feet. “One of the real strengths of the recovery is in meetings,” Mandala