Bryan Griffin has been appointed the new president and CEO of VISIT Florida, succeeding outgoing President Dana Young, who announced her retirement in December.

Destination management organization (DMO) veteran Al Hutchinson left his role leading Visit Baltimore at the end of June to form a consultancy serving the DMO segment, AVH Enterprise.

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