Mississippi Business Journal » Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cackett high on potential for new tourism support program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/cackett-high-on-potential-for-new-tourism-support-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cackett-high-on-potential-for-new-tourism-support-program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/cackett-high-on-potential-for-new-tourism-support-program/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:29:46 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=68039 Marika Cackett is the communications and public relations manager for the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau. The CVB has launched Team Jackson, an initiative to bring stakeholders around the city together on a regular basis to share ideas about how to improve Jackson.   Q — What can you tell us about Team Jackson?   [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/cackett-high-on-potential-for-new-tourism-support-program/feed/ 0 Challenges await new Jackson Convention Center manager http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/challenges-await-new-jackson-convention-center-manager/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=challenges-await-new-jackson-convention-center-manager http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/challenges-await-new-jackson-convention-center-manager/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:00:52 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=46475 After two decades in managing arenas and convention centers, Kelvin Moore next month will step into perhaps his biggest challenge yet — making the Jackson Convention Complex the designation of choice for Mississippi trade and professional organizations that have long flocked to Florida for their annual gatherings. It’s not just the Florida sun and surf [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/challenges-await-new-jackson-convention-center-manager/feed/ 0 Q&A: Wanda Collier-Wilson, President & CEO, Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/09/qa-wanda-collier-wilson-president-ceo-jackson-convention-visitors-bureau/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-wanda-collier-wilson-president-ceo-jackson-convention-visitors-bureau http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/09/qa-wanda-collier-wilson-president-ceo-jackson-convention-visitors-bureau/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 06:00:04 +0000 Nash Nunnery http://msbusiness.com/?p=23594 Inviting the world Collier-Wilson rolls out Jackson’s welcome mat Wanda Collier-Wilson joined the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau as a receptionist during the agency’s third month of operation in the early 1980s.  She was named president and CEO in 1998, becoming the first African American female to hold the position.  She recently sat down with [...]

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