L.A. Heat

L.A. Inc., The Convention and Visitors Bureau, formerly the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau, has taken a lot of heat this past year over dozens of meeting cancellations at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The city controller's office commissioned an independent audit of the bureau's practices and revealed the results in October. George Kirkland, president and CEO of the bureau, says that, foremost, he and his staff were thrilled that the audit found that “the bureau's