Atlanta / High Point, N.C / Las Vegas – February 3, 2021 – International Market Centers (IMC) today announced the hiring of Monique Honaman as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), joining IMC’s Executive Leadership Team with responsibility for all aspects of Human Resources strategy. Reporting directly to IMC CEO Bob Maricich, she will work closely with the Executive Leadership Team to ensure IMC continues to build a culture that attracts, retains and develops top talent.

Neal Patton has been in the U.S. Trade Show industry for more than thirty years, having joined The Portman Companies, former owner of AmericasMart, as Assistant General Counsel in 1986. Working initially with the Portman family’s architecture, real estate development, and property management companies, Neal subsequently took on responsibility for the legal affairs of the Atlanta Market Center, and in 1994, became General Counsel of the renamed company, AmericasMart. He assisted in taking that company public a year later and served as Corporate Secretary until the merger of AmericasMart with ANDMORE in 2018.

February 1, 2021 – Juniper finished the recently concluded Atlanta Market on a high note with 7,500+ buyer registrations generating major excitement for the spring 2021 launch of JuniperMarket, a new B2B e-commerce marketplace for the gift, home and apparel industries powered by International Market Centers (IMC).