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LOS ANGELES ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR ASAE & THE CENTER’S ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION IN 2010 11/17/09
LOS ANGELES ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR ASAE & THE CENTER’S ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION IN 2010
Candy Spelling promotes the home she loves - LA at ASAE Meeting in Toronto as New Tourism Ambassador 11/17/09
Candy Spelling promotes the home she loves - LA at ASAE Meeting in Toronto as New Tourism Ambassador
By all accounts, the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) exudes the Southern California image in both form and function.
Mikela Redd has joined LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau as director, client services.
Part of the beauty of LA as a place to host your next big event, team building session or meeting is there are so many unique venues from which to choose.
More than a quarter of LA’s domestic and international visitors are business travelers.
The 2008 National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition, to be held in Los Angeles from July 27-30, is on pace to be the largest convention in the association’s history.
More than 6,500 business travel buyers, suppliers, industry leaders and business travel journalists will be attending the 2008 NBTA International Convention & Exposition July 27-30, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau has appointed Stephanie Pace as Senior Director of Hotel Sales.
Troy Karnoff has been named Director of Midwest Region Hotel Sales for LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the appointment of Ashley Lampe as Manager, Client Services.
LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau has appointed Barbara Kirklighter as Senior Sales Director, Sales Development and Operations, responsible for working closely with Bureau partners to establish and implement programs and opportunities which will enhance revenue for the Los Angeles Convention Center, LA hotels and other related businesses.
LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the appointment of Melissa Dyck as Manager, Client Services.
The Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) is the first major west coast convention center to take the lead on requiring all its rigging supervisor hires to be certified under Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP).
For a Wow! event that will keep ‘em talking for years – Los Angeles is your best choice. As home to the world’s entertainment industry and the galaxy of super stars who light up the small and big screens – not to mention the gossip columns – LA boasts a collection of unique venues and one-of-a-kind event themes unmatched in any other destination.
The client services department of LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau recently received its ninth consecutive Gold Service Award from Meetings & Conventions magazine. Madeline Kruzel, vice president of client services, has headed the bureau’s client services department since 1999.
In 2008, Los Angeles will host the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition, July 27-30.
Angela Martin, a seasoned hospitality professional with more than 10 years of hotel sales experience, has joined LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau as Director, Northeast Region Hotel Sales.
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LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau has appointed Lori Llevano as Senior Director of Client Services.
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Anna Kim appointed to manage the Direct Line Service department, which handles
Jim LaBadie, a seasoned hospitality executive with more than 30 years of convention and visitors bureau and hotel sales experience, has joined LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau as Director of Midwest Region Convention Sales.
Amy Ramskill has joined LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau as director, client services, serving as a liaison between meeting professionals and the local visitor industry.
Michael Miner has been named managing director of the City’s largest hotel, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, an Interstate Hotels property in Downtown Los Angeles.
LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau announces the appointment of Calum Maclean as director, Midwest Region Sales.
Always dynamic, never static.
Kelly Molden has joined LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau as director, client services, serving as a liaison between meeting professionals and the local visitor industry.
Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Los Angeles City Councilmembers, LA INC., and hotel, business and labor leaders gathered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to announce that 2005 was a record-breaking year for tourism in Los Angeles. Records show that 24.9 million tourists visited Los Angeles in 2005, making a fiscal impact of $12.7 billion on the economy.
Tourism in Los Angeles broke records in 2005 with 24.9 million tourists visiting the city, making a fiscal impact of $12.7 billion on the economy.
San Pedro: Affordable Waterfront Destination Offers Leisure Activities and Prime Meeting Facilities 1/1/06
A seaside community with old world charm, international flavor and small-town atmosphere best describes historic San Pedro, which is home to the world's busiest harbor, the Port of Los Angeles. Nestled on the slopes of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, San Pedro offers a variety of attractions, shopping, culture, art, recreational activities and nightly entertainment that visitors and meeting attendees can enjoy.
LA INC., The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the appointment of MaryKim O'Brien as director, sales.
LA is smart. The area is home to more than 175 colleges and universities. And planners who want to book smart meetings - such as training seminars and continuing education conferences - in an educational setting need look no further than LA-based campuses that offer state-of-the-art conference facilities.
The Bureau's Convention Services Team Receives the Award for the 12th Consecutive Year
LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau today announced the appointment of Michael Krouse, CHME, CMP, to the position of Vice president, convention sales.
Meetings come in all sizes, from citywide conventions to 10-person board meetings.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously endorsed a plan today to provide funding for the construction of a new Convention Center headquarters hotel.
Readers of Meetings West magazine, a major trade publication for meeting planners, gave LA INC., The Convention and Visitors Bureau's website top honors in the 2005 Planners Best Bets awards (Western United States), sponsored by the magazine's parent company, Meetings Media.
Convention and meeting groups coming to Los Angeles this summer and fall will have the opportunity to hold court with a royal VIP: King Tut.
Tia Sanford has joined LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau as Director of Western Region Sales. In this capacity, she manages sales activities in the Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, focusing on the association and corporate market segments, as well as religious, fraternal and educational groups, in Northern California, Washington, Oregon and Colorado.
First-ever host city poll measures what attendees think about the destination on key attributes
Why book LA?
Like a glamorous movie star, LA, in the midst of an ongoing makeover, is ready for its close-up.
Erik Dahlerbruch, a seasoned hospitality executive with nearly 20 years of hotel sales experience, has joined LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau as Vice President of Hotel Sales.
LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has appointed Jeff Leung Director of Western Region Sales, responsible for booking citywide conventions from the West Coast market and specializing in high tech companies.
LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the appointment of S. Dwayne Jones as director, client services.
LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has appointed Stephanie Van Fossen as Senior Director of Client Services, responsible for the day-to-day coordination of LA INC.'s client service efforts including servicing LA convention center and self-contained clients, assisting with and facilitating sales site inspections and overseeing client event operations.
Los Angeles IS the meeting destination for meeting planners with a zest to impress.
Known for its creative energy, Los Angeles has unwittingly transformed meetings and special events into an art form.
As the largest and most efficiently designed convention facility on the West Coast, the Los Angeles Convention Center consistently meets and exceeds the expectations of discriminating industry professionals.
The ultimate combination: up in the clouds in Downtown LA Of course, "up in the clouds" is merely an expression in LA, where we rarely see them.
LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the appointment of MaryKim O'Brien as director, client services.
LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has published its new Meeting & Travel Resource Guide, a one-stop reference source designed for both U.S. meeting planners and international and U.S. tour operators who bring meetings, conventions and visitor groups to Los Angeles.
New bookings for convention-related hotel rooms from groups holding future events at the Los Angeles Convention Center increased 172% during the first six months of fiscal year 2002-2003 over the same period last year, LA INC. The Convention and Visitors Bureau reported today.
In the perpetually sunny city of Los Angeles, where temperatures rarely dip below 70 degrees, the hottest month of the year is March when Oscar makes his annual appearance.
