People on the Move
-- Tradeshow Week, 8/25/2008
The Intl. Dairy Foods Assn. named Robin E. Cornelison tradeshow manager to oversee management of the Food, Dairy & Beverage Exposition at Worldwide Food Expo.
AGS Exposition Services hired Daniel Edwards as sales manager and Bill Deutsch as national sales manager.
Eric Halsey joined ConventionPlanit.com as regional director of sales, with responsibility for sales in the Midwest.
Rick Hamilton, director of Daytona Beach, Fla.'s Ocean Center, will resign Dec. 31. The facility is nearing completion of a $76 million expansion.
Brian Henderson joined HD Expo as sales manager. HD Expo also hired Leslie Schimel as business manager and Jen Kroo as operations manager.
Steve Moore, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau, was elected chairman of the Destination Marketing Assn. Intl. Foundation.
Nth Degree hired Francis Mugford as director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based in a newly created London office. Mugford will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of Nth Degree's clients based in Europe.
U.K- and Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based Fairs & Exhibitions, organizer of events such as the Dubai Airshow, Middle East Business Aviation, Gulf Pack & Gulf Print and Gulf Education Supplies & Solutions, appointed Clive Richardson as CEO.
Freeman named Ken Sanders president of its U.S. audiovisual division.
Doug Small, previously senior vice president of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, was named president and CEO of the Grand Rapids/Kent County (Mich.) Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Experient named Teri Tonioli and Ian Twentey senior vice presidents for strategic account management. Tonioli will lead the Experient strategic account teams in the Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver and Twinsburg, Ohio, offices. Twentey will lead teams in the company's Washington, D.C.; Frederick, Md.; and Las Vegas offices.


















