Events DC's president and CEO Gregory O'Dell speaks with Bernadette Casey about the rebranding of the organization and its upcoming initiatives.

How would you gauge the convention business overall and DC specifically?
Given the economy of the last couple of years, business has been very tough nationwide, but I think we've faired pretty well. DC on both the convention and the leisure side has been somewhat more recession-proof than other destinations.

We've been very fortunate having the federal government ...