Category: SportsTravel Archives

David Dubois has been named president of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, effective in October. Most recently, Dubois served as the president and CEO of the Forth Worth (Texas) Convention & Visitors Bureau, a position he’d held since December of 2006.

Both Major League Baseball owners and the office of the commissioner have finalized the sale of the San Diego Padres. A group lead by Ron Fowler, CEO of the San Diego-area beer distributorship Liquid Investments, has agreed to purchase the franchise for $800 million from John Moores, who has owned the team for the last […]

The National Senior Games Association has relocated its headquarters from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the Kissimmee, Florida. The nonprofit struck a deal with Osceola (Florida) Board of County Commissioners to host five National Senior Games events there through 2025. The move is also a key part of the organization’s plan to expand to an annual […]

The U.S. Tennis Association has named Skip Gilbert managing director of professional tennis operations and U.S. Open Tournament management. Most recently, Gilbert headed USA Triathlon, where he served as executive director from 2005 to 2010.

SpotlightTMS has added the Denver Broncos to its growing stable of professional sports clients. SpotlightTMS provides teams and their corporate customers the tools to better measure the impact of corporate ticket sales. The service is provided to customers as a feature of its premium seat packages.

The Boulder Convention & Visitors Bureau has named Margee Austin its dedicated sports and events sales person. Austin brings seven years of experience to the CVB, having previously worked in the Dallas and Denver markets.

Doug McClain has been appointed vice-president of marketing and communications for Tampa Bay & Company. Most recently, McClain worked at the Kansas City (Missouri) Convention & Visitors Authority.

The San Jose Convention Center has taken the next step in its expansion project, as a 275-ton crawler crane and the first structural steel have arrived on site. The construction project, which is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2013, will add 125,000 square feet of meeting space. The expansion project will increase the […]

The U.S. Olympic Committee has announced plans to build a 40,000-square-foot archery field house at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. The USOC has reached an agreement with Easton Foundations to build the field house, which will include additional housing for the training center. Construction is slated to begin this fall.