BRANCHING OUT
St. Louis-based MAC MEETINGS AND EVENTS has added a sports and entertainment division that will serve as a representation agency for athletes, speakers and entertainers. REGGIE BLACKWELL has been named director of the new division; DONN SHIPP comes on board as project manager. Call 314/421-2005; www.macmeetings.com. • Experiential communications agency MC2 has opened sales and design offices in Boston and San Francisco. CHARLENE SOELTER is the manager of the San Francisco office and can be reached at 415/568-2021; BOB MITCHELL heads up the Boston location and can be reached at 617/523-4700. The company's Web site is www.mc-2online.com. • GERARD ANDREWS has formed corporate events and destination management firm THE ANDREWS GROUP in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Call 954/205-4295; www.andrewsgroupllc.com. • TBA GLOBAL EVENTS in Los Angeles has formed a new entertainment group to handle the design of talent packages for the company's corporate clients. GEOFF THOMAS will head up the new division. Call 818/226-2800; www.tbaglobalevents.com.
BUSINESS BUZZ
ERIN AMANZIO and JILL SOUZA are the new owners of event design and production firm FRINGE & CO. in Boca Raton, Fla. Amanzio is the company's chief financial officer, while Souza is the CEO and head of the company's new international sales and corporate marketing division. Call 561/395-0571; www.fringeandcompany.com.
ADDRESS BOOK
TOUCH CATERING has relocated to a new 20,000-square-foot site located at 860 N.E. 79th St., Miami, FL 33138. The new facility houses the company's corporate and sales offices, conference room, catering kitchens and warehouse. Call 305/758-7191; www.touchcatering.com.
