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August 2, 2017

Two ESPA Members Earn Best in Show (PCMA): Tiffany Eck, CMP and Roberta Tisdul, CMP

Congratulations to our ESPA members recognized with PCMA’s Best in Show program. Through this program, PCMA accepts nominations for outstanding meeting and…

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July 14, 2017

ESPA Past President news: Kathryn Gleesing, CMP, MBA starts DMC

Kathryn Gleesing, MBA, CMP recently started her own Destination Management Company called Destination Management Connection, LLC. Having worked 15 years in Services…

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July 12, 2017

ESPA Member Gary S. Bruckner Makes Debut on Jimmy Kimmel

ESPA Member Gary S. Bruckner, CMP, Meeting & Event Manager at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort Makes Debut on…

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May 16, 2017

The Events Industry Council Shares the 5 Trends Shaping the Events Industry

ESPA is a member of the Events Industry Council. Recently we attended a Council of Delegates meeting, read on for trends identified…

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April 1, 2017

Checklists: Accessible Meetings FAQs

How do you make your meeting or event accessible to all? As an informative resource for planners, the Event Service Professionals Association…

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March 14, 2017

Three Award Winning Event Managers Share their Secrets of Success

Meeting planners often possess a superhuman command of details. Even so, they rely on others. A major assist can come from event…

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March 3, 2017

2017 CSM of the Year Awards

Convention service managers (CSMs) wear a lot of hats– mentors, on-site experts, sympathizers, to name a few. But some CSMs go beyond…

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February 1, 2017

Snapshot from the ESPA 2017 Annual Conference

Snapshot from the ESPA 2017 Annual Conference Alenna Fouts, Michael Cavanaugh, Sissy Lawty, CMP, Travel Portland and Susan Hemberry, CMP, Hilton Portland…

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January 21, 2017

Linda Atkins, Austin CVB is Executive Excellence Award Recipient

Each year at the Annual Conference, ESPA recognizes an executive for his or her commitment and dedication to the profession of event…

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January 7, 2017

2017 CSMs of the Year

Successful Meetings‘ Convention Services Manager of the Year award winners have demonstrated to the most demanding critics in the business – meeting…

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