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Wed Dec 20, 2017

Duke Energy Convention Center Names Peter Barton Senior Sales Manager

Spectra by Comcast Spectacor has promoted Peter Barton Senior to Sales Manager at the Duke Energy Convention Center.
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Wed Jul 26, 2017

Connect. Relate. Explore.

Meeting planners look for ways to enhance their meeting, but at the end of the day the basics still apply...
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Mon Jun 12, 2017

Spectra by Comcast Spectacor Names New Food Services and Hospitality General Manager for Duke Energy Convention Center

Experienced leader Charles Saunders joins the Spectra team in Cincinnati
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Tue May 16, 2017

Duke Energy Convention Center Receives Facilities & Destinations Prime Site Award

The Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio was presented the Facilities & Destinations Prime Site Award for the sixth year in a row.
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Wed May 3, 2017

Duke Energy Convention Center General Manager Receives the Facilities and Destinations Magazine 2016 Elite Award

Ric Booth receives prestigious award for excellence in the meetings and events industry for third year.
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Thu Apr 20, 2017

Duke Energy Convention Center Employees Partner with Cincinnati Public Schools for 16th Annual Comcast Cares Day

On Thursday, April 20, local Spectra by Comcast Spectacor employees from the Duke Energy Convention Center and Prestige AV & Creative Services have helped to “make change happen” by volunteering to lead students from Frederick Douglass Elementa
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Tue Oct 18, 2016

Spectra by Comcast Spectacor Employees at Duke Energy Convention Center Becomes Certified Tourism Ambassadors

Sixty one Spectra by Comcast Spectacor employees at the Duke Energy Convention Center successfully completed the Certified Tourism Ambassador certification class this summer.
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Thu Oct 13, 2016

Spectra by Comcast Spectacor Records Best Fiscal Year Ever at Duke Energy Convention Center

Spectra by Comcast Spectacor, the providers of Venue Management and Food Services & Hospitality to the Duke Energy Convention Center, today announced the company recorded its highest grossing revenue in the 10-year history of the convention cent
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Tue Oct 11, 2016

Duke Energy Convention Center Sales Manager Recognized as an Agent of Change

Peter Barton nominated as a young industry leader by Connect Faith Magazine.
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Tue Sep 27, 2016

"Cincinnati" To Shine for Primetime

The Duke Energy Convention Center will illuminate the "Cincinnati" Icon Sign in a sequence of orange and white stripes leading up to NFL Network's Thursday Night Football game when our Cincinnati Bengals take on the Miami Dolphins.
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Wed Jun 29, 2016

Duke Energy Convention Center General Manager Receives 2015 Elite Award

Spectra by Comcast Spectacor, the providers of Venue Management and Food Services & Hospitality to the Duke Energy Center, today announced that Ric Booth, General Manager of the Duke Energy Convention Center, has been selected as a recipient of
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Wed Jun 1, 2016

Election Fever in Ohio

Ohio prepares to host two major conventions during a key election year.
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Fri Apr 22, 2016

Minimizing Environmental Impact While Feeding Hundreds of Thousands A Year

Feeding America estimates that nearly 70 billion pounds of food is wasted every year in the United States; most of the waste coming from the consumer level. The USDA estimates wasted food is the single greatest contributor to municipal landfills.
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Wed Dec 16, 2015

Historic Murals Headed Home to Cincy

Council votes to support murals move
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Tue Nov 10, 2015

Duke Energy Convention Center Reveals Long-Hidden Charley Harper “Space Walk” Murals at Nov. 10 Event

Commissioned by the City of Cincinnati in 1970 and concealed since 1987, the abstract constellation of 30,000 tiles is one of Harper's only public abstract works.
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Fri Oct 16, 2015

Cincinnati's New Scene

A wealth of renovations puts the city on the meetings map.
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Tue Sep 1, 2015

Midwest: New Development Spurs New Experiences

Across the region planners are finding big changes and new opportunities for groups. .
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Mon Aug 24, 2015

Cincinnati Brings 'New Cool' to Meetings & Events

SmartMeetings writer Paul Love raves about the new Cincinnati.
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Tue Dec 2, 2014

Cincinnati lands 2016 NAACP conference in key election year

Cincinnati maintains it's position as a premier destination as the city will host of one of the largest multicultural conventions in the United States.
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