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Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is transforming into an Aerotropolis

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Georgia International Convention Center at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson Airport, the world’s busiest, is an excellent example of one of America’s new cities the “Aerotropolis”. America has been

Transform Your Location Into a Destination

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Mixing Public Assembly Facilities with Live, Work, Play Communities

The traditional method of building a public assembly facility is a simple one, “Build it and they will come-about 30 years later

The American Idol approach to Marketing Public Assembly Facilities

4/17/07

The American Idol TV program has become a phenomenon that has garnered a lot of interest from all over the country and provides a good platform to draw marketing correlations to be applied to

Planning, Building or Expanding Public Assembly Facilities, Where to Begin?

2/25/07

When it comes to the complex process of planning, building or expanding a public assembly facility, what to build and where to build it are two of the most crucial decisions community leaders can

Building a Brand for your City and your Public Assembly Facility

1/5/07

The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines a brand as a "name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of

The Next Wave of Public Assembly Facilities Will Be Built in Aerotropolises

12/3/06

An Aerotropolis is a new kind of city, a city in which the layout, infrastructure, and economy are centered around a major airport. Historically people avoid locating around airports; now they are

The Role of Upper Management in Insuring Customers Receive Excellent Service

2/12/06

The key role for upper management in delivering excellent service is to realize that when you treat people well they have a tendency to treat others well. The better a manager makes the work

Procedures & Strategies Fundamental to Quality Food and Beverage Service

2/10/06

Delivery of quality food and beverage service is always one of the most important elements of any event. Planning, product quality, presentation, timeliness, temperature and attitude are keys of

Key Elements in Management & Delivery of Event Staging and Production

2/7/06

Early planning and communication between the key building and event personnel are crucial. Events providing technical riders should do so at their earliest opportunity. As a building manager you

Purposes of Providing Security Services and Strategies to Ensure Quality

2/3/06

The purposes of maintaining security are many. A listing of a few responsibilities would include: visual deterrence for crime, monitoring of closed circuit TV system, maintaining a secure facility,

Processes & Strategies Fundamental to Effective Facility Maintenance

1/28/06

Maintenance of a facility can be broken down into three categories physical plant, housekeeping and exterior. The physical plant can be broken down further to preventive maintenance, routine

Basics Ingredients of Financial and Contract Management

1/24/06

A successful facility must be able to structure stringent guidelines for financial processing and contract management. The better you can track the more efficient your management of the data

Fundamental Strategies for Facility Marketing

1/20/06

There are three basic plans a facility should develop and use as a guide but not a gospel to facility operation. The Business Plan involves all aspects of the overall operation elaborating on

Key Practices Managing Labor

1/14/06

Today’s work environment provides unique challenges never before experienced in dealing with management issues of personnel and labor relations. More government regulations, an extremely low

Value Delivered by the Profession

1/7/06

A public facility returns value to the community in many ways. The value is separated into two categories: Quantitative and Qualitative.

Some of the obvious quantitative values are the facility’s

Management Philosophy

12/20/05

Managing a public facility requires a unique combination of industry knowledge, experience, leadership qualities, people skills, motivational techniques, political acumen and an understanding of

Public Assembly Industry – Introduction

12/15/05

The public assembly facility industry encompasses many different types of venues. It includes stadiums, arenas, convention centers, performing arts facilities and can be argued to include movie