Siona Peterous, Author at Virginia Business

Reynolds Community College President Paula P. Pando speaks during the college’s virtual commencement ceremony. Photo courtesy Seagram’s Systems

features September 28, 2020

Rising to the occasion

Under normal circumstances, event planners put together conferences by assessing the needs of their clients and then figuring out the logistics: the venue’s size, the agenda and, of course, the expected turnout of attendees. As with everything else, this normal routine has been upended by the coronavirus. The new normal is digital conferences and in-person […]

Quirk Hotel Charlottesville opened in early March, closed for a couple months due to the pandemic and then reopened in June. Photo courtesy Quirk Hotel Charlottesville

Hotels/Tourism September 28, 2020

Checking in

The impact of COVID-19 on hospitality was felt almost immediately in Virginia. According to the U.S. Travel Association, in the first week of March, travel spending was at $521 million across the state, but by the last week of the month, it had fallen to less than $120 million. Most conventions statewide have moved online […]

Education December 30, 2019

JMU program gets into hackers’ heads

From governments to corporations, cybersecurity has become a major focus in protecting customer privacy and assets — but a small group at James Madison University is also thinking about the hackers who commit crimes and what motivates them. In February, three students will be the first to finish the university’s graduate cyber intelligence certificate program, […]