Tag: Chicago
After a competitive bid process, Chicago’s Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority, the municipal corporation that owns McCormick Place, has chosen SMG, a convention and arena management company, to manage the convention center. [...] Read more
JW Marriott opens in Chicago and other hotels are coming soon. [...] Read more
This rambling patch of American heartland is amply blessed by the quintet of enormous fresh-water lakes gracing its northern tier and its functional meeting facilities. [...] Read more
The museum features six meeting rooms that accommodate up to 160 for seminars and 200 for dinners. [...] Read more
The venue’s Beaux Arts-styled Great Hall holds 2,500 for receptions and 1,500 for banquets. [...] Read more
Q Center sits on 95 acres of secluded, wooded property and has more than 150,000 square feet of meeting space and 118 meeting rooms. [...] Read more
Southwest acquires AirTran and gives meeting planners more options for travel. [...] Read more
Darrel C. Jones retires as president and CEO of Florida’s Emerald Coast CVB, Jason Outman becomes director of sales for the Columbia Metropolitan CVB and the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in South Carolina and more. [...] Read more
From social networking to creative cost-cutting measures, trade shows are changing. Find out how to get a greater return on investment at events. [...] Read more



