By Alyssa Enwright and Stephanie Bunce The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank’s Board of Directors has elected Clifford “Rip” Rippetoe, CVE, as Board Chair. Rippetoe is President and CEO of the San Diego Convention Center Corporation and serves as a board member of several San

By Amy Procaccini Sodexo Live!, hospitality partner to the San Diego Convention Center, teamed up with Tortoise to launch the first-ever mobile vending robot in a convention center. The custom-wrapped mobile smart store was available to an estimated crowd of 135,000 attendees during C

By Paul Pettas Centerplate, a Sodexo company and the leading hospitality partner to North America’s premier entertainment venues and convention centers, announced Sufi Karaien as the new Executive Chef for the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC), beginning this month. Karaien previousl

By Paul Pettas On February 19, Centerplate – the food and beverage partner to the San Diego Convention Center – reached a milestone of one million meals served to people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centerplate team has prepared several thousand meals pe

By Maren Dougherty The San Diego Convention Center Corporation announced the 2021 officers of its Board of Directors. Hospitality executive and entrepreneur Elvin Lai will serve as Board Chair. “My top priority as the incoming Chair is to build and execute a strategic recovery p