PEOPLE
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Mary McGinn and Sammi Chapell have memories that only the offspring of meeting planners would. McGinn recalls working on name badges as a little...
Small on Retiring From Experience Grand Rapids
Experience Grand Rapids announced this summer that its longtime president and CEO, Doug Small, will retire next year after 45 years in the tourism...
Detroit: Getting More R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Richard Yurcak noticed “something big” was happening in Detroit last year. As chief business development officer for Ann Arbor-based destination management company (DMC) Premium...
Moua Named Event Service Professional of the Year
Moe Moua, senior destination services manager at Visit Detroit, was recognized as Event Service Professional of the Year at the Event Services Professionals Association...
Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau Hires Bruzewski
Ann K. Bruzewski is the newly appointed president and CEO of the Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau. She has two decades...
Q&A With Scott Stinebaugh of JW Marriott Detroit Water Square
Scott Stinebaugh is on the ground floor of one of the most influential projects in downtown Detroit. His new job is director of sales...
Nancy Arnold Is on a Mission
Hosting meetings without a hitch—you might say that’s Nancy Arnold’s specialty. The conference events planner for the Lansing-based Michigan Conference of The United Methodist...
Building Legacy With Mike Guswiler
Coaches know a great performance starts long before the whistle blows—and few under-
stand that better than Mike Guswiler, founding president of the West Michigan...
