Event Venues

Indoor Air Quality Standards: What Event Planners and Suppliers Should Know

Experts are calling for new standards on indoor air quality. Here’s how event professionals can ensure that a building’s indoor air quality is up to an acceptable standard for a meeting or event.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst April 23, 2023

How Event Destinations Are Facing the Crime Challenge

With meeting professionals making safety and security a top priority for their events, destinations are finding innovative solutions to augment public safety programs.

BY Barbara Palmer March 20, 2023

Room Set: Acknowledgement Through Art

ICC Sydney wears its commitment to Indigenous populations on its sleeve — through programming, a reconciliation plan, and the artwork and messaging that shape its campus.

BY Curt Wagner October 10, 2022

Peggy Daidakis Reflects on a Long Career in Venue Management

Peggy Daidakis, executive director of the Baltimore Convention Center and the first woman to lead a U.S. convention center, will officially retire in September.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst August 25, 2022

OVG360’s Shura Garnett on ‘Breaking Glass Ceilings’

The senior vice president of convention centers for OVG360 reflects on her career journey and challenges during the pandemic.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst August 18, 2022

‘A Lot of Institutional Knowledge Is Leaving the Industry’

Patricia Muzquiz Cantor, director of convention and sports facilities for the City of San Antonio, speaks to the importance of being innovative in order to attract new talent.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst August 3, 2022

The Talent Crisis at Convention Centers

OVG360’s Joyce Leveston reflects on three-plus decades of working in convention centers, the war on talent, and coming together during the eye of the pandemic storm.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst July 25, 2022

Hawai‘i Convention Center’s Teri Orton on Leadership and Overcoming Obstacles

The general manager points to Hawaiian values as a guide for getting her business through the most challenging moments — “the pandemic brought into focus the great importance of family, community, and visitors.”

BY Jennifer N. Dienst July 13, 2022

Developing a Sustainable Pipeline of Diverse Talent

The director/GM of the Raleigh Convention + Performing Arts Complex, Kerry Painter, talks about what stands in the way of achieving more equitable leadership in the industry.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst July 7, 2022

Messe Wien’s Martina Candillo on Budgets and Better Infrastructure

The director of congresses and events sees solving for higher costs as a balancing act.

BY Jennifer N. Dienst June 28, 2022

Building the Perfect Construction Competition Site

Associated Builders and Contractors turned a convention center floor into a series of construction job sites for the National Craft Championships.

BY Curt Wagner June 24, 2022

Social Impact and Silver Linings Through Latin America’s Convention Centers

Grupo Heroica president and CEO Juliana López Bermudez shares how the convention industry in Latin America ‘has an extraordinary capacity for economic spillover.’

BY Jennifer N. Dienst June 22, 2022

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