By R,V, Baugus Prior to receiving the 2023 Convention Center Lifetime Achievement Award, Courtney Dyer, CVE, was described as a unicorn, that rarest of public assembly venue managers who worked in one local market – Virginia Beach, VA. Not only one market, but Dyer was even born in Vi
By R.V. Baugus After some 48 years of dedicated service to the world of public assembly venue management before his retirement in February 2020, it is fair to say it takes something out of the ordinary to pull the wool over the eyes of Courtney Dyer, CVE. That being the case, score on
By R.V. Baugus Brad Gessner, CVE, ASM Global’s Senior Vice President, Convention Centers at the Los Angeles Convention Center, bid a retirement adieu to the industry earlier this year after a sparkling 42-year career in public assembly venue management. Let’s just say before he left t