The World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships take place in the U.S. every two years. This year, and in 2009, the five-day event was held at the St. Charles Convention Center and each time brought in approximately 1,000 taxidermists from around the world.

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Up to 25,000 people are expected to attend this weekend’s annual Builders St. Charles Home Show at the St. Charles Convention Center.

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The manager of the St. Charles Convention Center and tourism officials are reaching out to local civic and business groups in an effort to attract more business. Philadelphia-based Global Spectrum, which operates the convention center, recently rolled out its Hometown ...

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Before the St. Charles Convention Center opened in April 2005, its critics argued that the facility would be a financial black hole. Even its proponents agreed that the facility itself would lose money, but they quickly added that the center’s ...

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Two women-owned businesses and a local home improvement company are among the first-time booth vendors at the St. Louis Working Women’s Survival Show. Though each has a different reason for securing a booth this year, all are hopeful that their ...

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If it is to succeed, the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles must have a smaller and more involved board of directors, improve its fundraising operation and more effectively market the facility. Those are just a few of the recommendations found in an operational audit of the facility. City officials last year hired Philadelphia-based Global Spectrum, the management firm that operates the St. Charles Convention Center, to conduct the audit after the FAC's board asked the city for $100,000.

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