
Chicago’s Navy Pier
CHICAGO — Global Experience Specialists, a provider of exhibition, event and retail marketing services, is offering electrical services at McCormick Place and Navy Pier.
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Chicago’s Navy Pier
CHICAGO — Global Experience Specialists, a provider of exhibition, event and retail marketing services, is offering electrical services at McCormick Place and Navy Pier.

Leonard Hoops
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — After a three-month nationwide search, the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association chose Leonard Hoops as its new president & CEO. Hoops most recently served as executive vice president & chief customer officer for the San Francisco Travel Association, the city’s official convention and tourism organization.
CHICAGO — The Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority (MPEA) has selected SMG, the global leader in convention, arena and stadium management, as private manager of its McCormick Place Complex.

Taking part in the ground breaking is. from left: Bridget Dalic, Erin Wasniak, Bryan Hart, Natalie Ennis, Maris Brenner, Teresa Bonica.
SANDUSKY, Ohio — Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio on March 10 broke ground on a $22 million expansion that will more than double the size of its convention center.
The nine-month expansion project, which will employ 239 people, will result in a 215,000 square-foot convention center and an increase in meeting capacity from 2,200 to 5,200 attendees.

The COBO Center in Detroit.