Nominations Are Now Open for the 12th Annual Event Experience Awards! Do you have an event that showcases creativity, strategic thinking, and flawless execution in event design, production, and management? Join us in celebrating excellence and innovation in event experiences by submitting your outstanding work to the BizBash Event Experience Awards. Enter the awards.
INDUSTRY NEWS GLOBAL: The Opus Group, a global experiential agency network, announced the promotion of Kim Kopetz as its president and CEO. Kopetz brings over 25 years of experience to this pivotal role and will lead all of The Opus Group’s brands—Opus Agency, MAS, TENCUE, and Verve—and will report directly to the board of directors. Kopetz succeeds Mitch Barns, who has been CEO since April 2021. Barns will remain a member of the board. FRISCO, TEXAS: Omni PGA Frisco Resort’s Summer of Glow starts Memorial Day weekend and runs through Labor Day weekend. It features exclusive, resort guest-only activities like Friday and Saturday night glow parties, glow golf on the 10th Fairway Terrace, pool games, complimentary s’mores on Friday and Saturday, and more. Resort guests will also receive complimentary VIP seating at the weekly drone shows. LA JOLLA, CALIF.: Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa, a Noble House Hotels & Resorts property in the San Diego area, announced the completion of its propertywide, $26 million renovation and redevelopment as it celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The refreshed experience includes elevated guest rooms and suites, a new lobby and pool complex, and upgraded meeting and group spaces designed by the award-winning masterminds at EDG. This includes a floor-to-ceiling revitalization of its 6,864-square-foot La Jolla Ballroom. NEW ORLEANS: The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) will bring the independent live concert, comedy, promoter, and festival industry together for its third annual national gathering in New Orleans at NIVA ‘24 June 3-5. The conference will highlight NIVA’s New Orleans members, with conference programming taking place at iconic venues across the city including Generations Hall, Tipitina’s, Republic NOLA, and DBA. Programming includes speakers from Eventbrite, National Independent Talent Organization, Wasserman, Live Music Society, Spotify, Meta, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pollstar, and hundreds of independent venues and promoters from across the country. PHILADELPHIA: In commemoration of Earth Week, the Pennsylvania Convention Center released its 2023 Sustainability Report. The report provides a summary of the center’s environmental sustainability and social responsibility initiatives for the past year, as well as its accomplishments over the past 10 years since the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority selected ASM Global as the center’s venue management partner. Accomplishments over the past decade include a 55% increase in single-stream recycling tonnage, a 54% increase in the waste diversion rate, and a 13% decrease in electricity usage.
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