After 25 years at the helm of the RBC Convention Centre, President and CEO Klaus Lahr will be retiring this spring. Following a lengthy search, Crystal Laborero, Board Chair, and Search Committee Chair Danny Akman, announced that Drew Fisher will be appointed to the position effective

By Todd Fariss As the owner of a convention center or other event venue, vying for the next big booking is a highly competitive undertaking. While a number of factors go into why a customer chooses a particular venue for their event, in this day and age, cellular connectivity is certa

The San Diego Convention Center Corporation has appointed a new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mardeen Mattix was selected and unanimously ratified as the new CFO during the meeting of the Corporation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. She w

The Los Angeles Convention Center and the Orange County Water District are among 13 recipients of the state’s highest environmental honor. The Governor’s Environmental Leadership Awards, which were established in 1993, are given to individuals, organizations and businesses that have d

The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority has named Michael J. Sawaya as president and general manager of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and executive vice president of the Authority. He succeeds Robert L. “Bob” Johnson, who retired on September 25