Venue Management Association (Asia and Pacific) Limited, held its Asia – Pacific Venue Industry Congress from May 20-23, in Auckland, New Zealand, where the association dispensed a number of awards and recognition to industry professionals. In addition to the awards, the VMA rec

By Jack Hagler After a Sunday of golf, touring, bourbon, and beer, what better way to roll into Monday than with a history lesson? Be there for our seventh annual history lesson with Robert Long and Scott Crossfield, The History of Toronto and Its Theatres: A to ZED. Join Scott and Ro

First off, if you are going to a game or concert, don’t expect staff from the Enterprise Center to pick you up. That said, the Scottrade Center in St. Louis has changed its name to the Enterprise Center. The venue is home to the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League and

In May, members of the New Orleans Fire Department’s Second District toured the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to become familiar with its fire prevention, detection, and emergency response initiatives. NOFD members were welcomed by the President and GM of the Ne

During my years as education director at IAAM, I worked continuously with Ray on many projects. We warmed up to one another, he in a mentor role to me. Am I the only person Ray mentored? I worked briefly with Bill Cunningham in the mid-90s when IAAM was collecting its history for its