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Kristen Adamo has been appointed president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, where she most recently served as vice president of marketing and communications. Adamo will begin her new role on April 25. “Kristen was selected after a thorough and comprehensive process led by a search committee working with SearchWide Global, […]
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Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge has named Ray Ezelle vice president of sales and services. Ezelle has more than 25 years of hospitality industry experience, with an emphasis on sales, marketing and business development. “We are incredibly fortunate to have such a dedicated hospitality professional to lead our sales and services efforts,” said Visit VBR President Landon Howard. “I am […]
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The DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced plans to launch a sports commission for DuPage County following a multiphase assessment conducted by Sports Facility Advisory and Huddle Up Group. The DuPage Sports Commission will operate within the DuPage CVB, with grant money from its 2020 budget and private sponsorships. “The DuPage CVB continues to develop new projects […]
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The Greater Grand Junction (Colorado) Sports Commission has hired Renee Wheelock as its executive director, succeeding Jennifer Stoll, who recently left to form her own consulting firm. Wheelock, who began her position March 28, has experience in the city, having served as community relations manager and tour director for the Ride the Rockies and Pedal the Plains […]
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Janna Clark has been named executive director of the Elizabethtown (Kentucky) Tourism & Convention Bureau, taking over the top position of the organization she has been involved with since 2009. Last year, she was named director of sports development and was put in charge of the process to select the management firm to run the […]
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Ken Weinaug has been appointed general manager of Fox Cities Champion Center, an indoor sports venue scheduled to open this fall in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. A Wisconsin native, Weinaug has served in leadership roles with various federal, tribal and local government recreation organizations after retiring with 21 years of active duty with the United States Navy. In […]
Continue ReadingHunter Hogan has been named sports coordinator for Visit Wichita (Kansas), joining Executive Director of Sports Development Brian Hargrove…
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AEG Facilities, the venue management subsidiary of AEG, and SMG, an Onex-owned venue management company, have signed an agreement to merge…
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The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a summer event broadcast live on ESPN, has selected Wichita, Kansas, as a regional host for…
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Events DC, the convention and sports authority for the District of Columbia, has signed on to serve as the signature sponsor of the Overwatch League’s Washington Justice, which will begin its inaugural season on February 14. The announcement was made by Washington Esports Ventures, a company founded to purchase an Overwatch League team and build other […]
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