Business View Magazine - Dec 2023

and running it through the IAVM educational programming part of it.” TOP-NOTCH TRAINING Herrera says IAVM annual conferences offer a lot of this educational training. There are staff committees present with professional members that represent all facets of the large venue industry, against any and all risks. That means a robust security is what has been one of the IAVM focal points, to avert the potential financial setback that I just mentioned. “Ensuring the security and safety and avoiding potential legal pitfalls and the associated financial reputation damage is critical,” he adds. “We wanted to do this also as part of leveraging that background 259 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 12 INTERNAT IONAL ASSOCIAT ION OF VENUE MANAGERS