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

(Editor’s Note: IAVM Chair Rip Rippetoe, CVE, was interviewed for the December Member Spotlight by the California Travel Association. We both congratulate Rip and thank him for his story as well as his promotion of IAVM and the role it plays throughout the public assembly venue

By Maren Dougherty The San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) is the first of Centerplate’s North American venues to achieve the Rise SAFE hygiene verification label for food and beverage services. Rise SAFE is managed by Centerplate’s parent company, Sodexo, and Bureau Veritas, an