While volunteers worked feverishly behind him to set up 5,000 cots and provide each bed with blankets, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings stood on the bare concrete of an air-conditioned parking garage at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, addressing a throng of media about

As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to deluge the Texas Gulf Coast in history-making flooding, the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston is one of some 70 locations that have been set up in the county to serve as shelters for displaced residents. “The George R. Brown has t

The Minneapolis Convention Center (MCC) announced that it is now LEED Certified for Existing Buildings: Operation & Maintenance (EBOM). The LEED rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that

The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) has continued to be the preferred venue for international organizers staging world-class exhibitions and conferences in Hong Kong. During the fiscal year 2016-2017 (July 2016 to June 2017), a total of 1,102 events were held at the

Education kicked off at VenueConnect 2017 in Nashville with a hot-off-the-press update on the Exhibitions and Meetings Safety and Security Initiative (EMSSI), including a decorated panel of four who spoke and then fielded questions from the audience. Panelists Bruce Davidson, Office o