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Centerplate Culinary Team Donates Cookies Year-Round to Naval Troops
Events & Venues: Crane Bay: A Unique Event Experience in Downtown Indianapolis
Hyatt Regency Austin Names Jeff Ouradnik as Dir. of Sales & Marketing
UFI Announces Middle East/Africa Conference in 2019
White House Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz to Keynote AWE’s Elevate! Leadership Event
Andy’s Apps: Apps That Help With Your Taxes
Creatacor Promotes Staff & Expands Team
Hong Kong Fashion Week Opens with 1,400 Exhibitors
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Centerplate Culinary Team Donates Cookies Year-Round to Naval Troops
(Pictured L-R: Centerplate Executive Chef Daryl O'Donnell with U.S. Navy Cmdr. Suzanne Lyons-Elleraas and her father-in-law Chef Jerry Hall) by Tara Fitzpatrick (Food-Management.com) & Mira Duriman Centerplate’s cookie drop operation started eight years ago when...
White House Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz to Keynote AWE’s Elevate! Leadership Event
The Association for Women in Events (AWE), an international non-profit organization dedicated to the professional advancement of women in all facets of the events industry, is holding "ELEVATE!" on March 7, the day before International Women's Day. Billing it as the...
PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2019 Concludes in Pittsburgh
(PCMA leadership took questions at the Town Hall held at Convening Leaders in Pittsburgh. Pictured L-R: PCMA President & CEO Sherrif Karamat, 2018 Chair Claire Smith, 2018 Foundation Chair David Peckinpaugh, 2019 Foundation Chair Carol McGury and 2019 Chair...
PSAV & Freeman to Acquire Encore
(Pictured L-R: Freeman CEO Joe Popolo and PSAV CEO Mike McIlwain) PSAV, a global leader in event experiences, and The Freeman Company jointly announced that the companies have entered into a purchase agreement for PSAV to acquire Encore Event Technologies, a global...
NAIAS’ Off to Fast Start
The 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) got off to a fast start this weekend as more than 500 people saw some of the world’s most exotic cars at The Gallery, four trucks completed a 10-day journey that ended in downtown Detroit and thousands of media,...
Features
Events & Venues: Crane Bay: A Unique Event Experience in Downtown Indianapolis
by Amadeus Finlay The country is being swept by a trend where old or disused spaces are renovated into chic, modern expressions of minimalist design. Full of character, and exuding just the slightest hint of mischief, these grand establishments provoke conversation in...
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Andy’s Apps: Apps That Help With Your Taxes
by F. Andrew Taylor Ben Franklin Famously wrote “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” The closest thing I’ve found to an app that helps with death is WeCroak, a 99 cent app that reminds you five times a day that you’re going to...
“The Don & Mike Show” Gains a Sponsor & Begins Podcasting Twice a Week in 2019
(Pictured L-R: Rich Curran, president of ESCA; Mike Morrison and Larry Arnaudet, executive director of ESCA) by Jeanne Brei Beginning Jan. 8, The Don & Mike Show will begin podcasting twice a week—keeping their original Friday podcasts and adding a Tuesday Don...
Association News: Upcoming EDPA Meetings & Last Minute Venue Change for SoCal Meeting
Exhibit City News is launching more coverage of industry association news in 2019. Here's the first quarter EDPA meetings that are currently scheduled. EDPA Northern California - Jan. 17 NorCal's first meeting of 2019 will show how to recognize and skillfully manage...
Celebration of Life for Mary Ann Furnish to be Held Jan. 17 in Santa Clara, Calif.
A Celebration of Life for Mary Ann (Mayers) Furnish will be held Jan. 17, 1:45 - 3 p.m., at the Jamison-Brown House, 1505 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050 (next to the Triton Museum of Art) immediately following the EDPA NorCal chapter quarterly meeting with...
Shop to Showfloor: Q&A Spotlight with John Gorey
(Pictured L-R: Anthony DePaulo, retired, international VP, I.A.T.S.E., with John T. Gorey at the I.A.T.S.E Quadrennial convention.) Five Questions for the IATSE Tradeshow Dept. International Rep by Jeanne Brei John Gorey grew up in New York City and became the fourth...
People
Hyatt Regency Austin Names Jeff Ouradnik as Dir. of Sales & Marketing
Hyatt Regency Austin, located on the shores of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin, has named Jeff Ouradnik as director of sales and marketing from Hyatt Regency Lake Washington in Seattle. “We are thrilled to welcome Jeff to Hyatt Regency Austin,” says Dan Johnson,...
Creatacor Promotes Staff & Expands Team
Creatacor, Inc., an exhibit design, fabrication and tradeshow management provider in Clifton Park, N.Y., has promoted Todd Dennis and added Olivia Privitera to their team. Creatacor is a three-dimensional marketing environment provider that designs, builds and manages...
Karen Kotowski Resigns from Events Industry Council & New Board Announced
The Events Industry Council announced on Jan. 11 that Karen Kotowski, who has led the Events Industry Council (EIC) for the past ten years, has tendered her resignation as CEO. With this change in leadership, EIC has initiated a search to identify a new CEO. During...
ILEA Recognizes Eight Certified Special Events Professionals (CSEPs)
The International Live Events Association proudly recognizes the following event professionals who recently earned the Certified Special Events Professional designation in the December 2018 testing window. Heather Arora, CSEP, MBA, CMP, Webster University, Webster...
Lisa Dworsky Joins ConferenceDirect as Sr. Dir. Sales Development
Lisa Dworsky has been named senior director, sales development at ConferenceDirect. She will manage ConferenceDirect’s preferred relations for hotel chains and destination management organizations and help preferred partners grow their business and exposure with...
David Miles appointed as CFO at ExCeL London
ExCeL London has announced the appointment of David Miles as chief financial officer. Miles worked at the Big 6 accounting firm BDO, for 21 years, 15 of which as an audit and advisory partner, where he specialized in strategic consulting with high growth,...
World
UFI Announces Middle East/Africa Conference in 2019
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, kicked off 2019 by announcing a designated regional conference for the exhibition industry in the Middle East/Africa region, which will be open to all industry professionals. With the complexity and integration...
Hong Kong Fashion Week Opens with 1,400 Exhibitors
On Jan. 14, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) started the 50th edition of Hong Kong's Fall/Winter Fashion Week four-day run. Hosted at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC), 1,400 exhibitors were attracted from 11 countries and regions....
Dubai Looks to Build on Business Events Momentum from IBTM World
Dubai’s growing business events sector, a key contributor to the emirate’s economy, was showcased to an audience of international meetings industry professionals at IBTM World held Nov. 27-29 in Barcelona. Dubai Business Events, the city’s official convention bureau,...
Business Events & Tourism Thriving in North Africa
by Danielle Curtis, exhibition director – Middle East, Arabian Travel Market & IBTM Arabia The countries of North Africa are once again attracting attention from global business event organizers, with several city destinations in the region emerging as hot spots...
Prague Congress Center Earns the “Top Responsible Company” Award
Organized by Byznys Pro Společnost, in cooperation with Zátiší Catering and the PCC, the first completely sustainable event took place at the Prague Congress Center last month and saved more than 60 percent of waste, helping the Prague Congress Center to earn the "Top...
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