Jennie Udell Named “Event Planner of the Year” by MPI Philadelphia Chapter

The Philadelphia Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced that Stockton & Partners Meetings and Events, Vice President and event planner Jennie Udell has been named the meeting “Event Planner of the Year”. The award will be given to Ms. Udell at the chapter’s annual awards dinner on May 20. Jennie has been an active [...]

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S&P plans “Philadelphia Block Party” Inaugural for new mayor, Jim Kenney

Stockton & Partners Meetings and Events was honored to help bring Mayor Jim Kenney’s vision for a truly Philadelphia-centric inaugural “Block Party” to life.   The celebration planners transformed Hall E of the Pennsylvania Convention Center by  using award-winning that food trucks providing an elevated menu of street food, beautiful lighting reflected off fabric walls [...]

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Pennsylvania Convention Center plans for summer grand opening

Since March 4, 2011, the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (PCCA) has been out of the construction business and immersed in the hospitality business. Boasting one million square feet of usable space and the largest contiguous exhibition space in the northeastern United States, the Convention Center now offers a best-in-class experience for meetings, tradeshows and conventions. [...]

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Expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center Opens in Philadelphia

Under construction since 2008, the $787 million annex to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia is finally complete, the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (PCCA) announced this week. Officially opened during a March 4 ribbon-cutting ceremony, the expansion — which is one of the largest public works projects ever undertaken by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [...]

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