Nashville’s Music City Center was recently awarded REAL Certification by the U.S. Healthful Food Council. REAL (Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership) is a nationwide program that helps combat diet-related disease by recognizing food service operators committed to ho

This news just came over the press wire (a fancy way of saying it arrived in my email inbox). The Oregon Convention Center has achieved LEED Platinum certification. This makes it only one of two U.S. convention centers to hold that distinction. “For the Oregon Convention Center to ach

Our latest issue of Facility Manager is now online and available for you to flip through, read, and share. Features in this issue include our cover story on farm-to-table in venues, an intriguing story about a shelter-in-place that happened during a Taylor Swift concert, and a discuss

Meetings & Conventions (M&C) magazine recently surveyed 161 meeting professionals about their views on venues and green efforts. Let’s check out some of the questions and results. Are green certifications a factor in your venue selection? Yes, to a great extent (4 percen

Securing the Olympic Games is a dream of many cities, but after the thrills of victory and the agonies of defeat are over, what then? For Rio de Janeiro, the Olympic fever will turn into civic pride. “More than half of the buildings erected for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeir