Pictured above (Front row, left to right): Bill Flynn, Bruce Davidson, Ray Bloom (Back row, left to right): Brad Mayne, Larry Arnaudet, Eric Roszenberg, Richard Vaughn, David DuBois, Kevin Olsen   How Prepared is the Meetings Industry for Elevated Threats of Terror? Recently the

Congratulations to Karen Totaro, CFE, IAVM’s 2015-2016 chair, on being named the new senior vice president and general manager for the San Diego Convention Center! “In our industry, the San Diego Convention Center has always been recognized as a venue at the forefront, so

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today, January 7, a $1-billion plan to expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. “The Javits Center has long been an economic generator for this state, but we want to build and expand it to ensure it remains a premier venue

The Oregon Convention Center plans to place 160,000 square feet of solar panels on its roof by mid July. SolarCity will build and own the two-megawatt system and sell the power wholesale to the center in a 20-year deal. Matt Uchtman, the center’s director of operations, told the

I just had the following press release come across my desk featuring news from an IAVM member venue. Are you a member venue that has news to share? Please send it our way at editor@iavm.org, and we’ll publish it here on the blog or in our weekly newsletter (sometimes both places