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Jim Wood, most recently the president and CEO of Meet AC and the Atlantic City Sports Commission, has been named the president and chief executive officer of the Evansville (Indiana) Convention & Visitors Bureau, effective January 15. Wood was the head of Meet AC from 2014 until resigning earlier this year for family reasons. He […]
Continue ReadingJim Wood, the president and CEO of Meet AC, has announced he will leave the position in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the end of 2019. Wood plans to return to Kentucky, to care for his wife as she rehabilitates from a severe fall earlier this year. Wood has led the organization since 2014, when […]
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The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series will add a new event to its schedule for the first time in five years in 2020, bringing a half-marathon and 5-kilometer run to Atlantic City, New Jersey. The weekend of activities for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Atlantic City Half Marathon & 5K will be May 15–16, 2020, with […]
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Northstar Meetings Group has announced that the TEAMS ’21 Conference & Expo will be held in Atlantic City, September 27–30, 2021. The announcement was made during a press conference organized by Meet AC and the Atlantic City Sports Commission at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. TEAMS, the world’s largest gathering of sports-event organizers, was last held […]
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The 2019 EsportsTravel Summit—the only event of its kind for esports tournament and event organizers—will be held June 25–27 in Atlantic City. Presented by SportsTravel magazine, the EsportsTravel Summit is being hosted by Meet AC and the Atlantic City Sports Commission with support from the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) and INGAME. The EsportsTravel Summit is the […]
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Gary Musich, vice-president of sales at Meet AC, has announced his retirement, effective March 2. According to a statement released by Meet AC…
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TEAMS ’16 will be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The location of the world’s leading conference and expo for the sports-event industry was unveiled during a press…
Continue ReadingMeet AC, a tourism development agency designed to attract meetings and conventions to Atlantic City, New Jersey, has…
Continue ReadingKaren Williams has been named interim president and CEO of the Louisville (Kentucky) Convention & Visitors Bureau following the resignation…
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