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Chicago Launches Task Force
A task force was launched in Chicago by representatives from various aspects of the tradeshow industry to do a "top-to-bottom" review of all parts of the business there.
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NPE Leaves Chicago for Orlando
In 2012, the Society of the Plastics Industry will move its triennial NPE - The Intl. Plastics Showcase from its home in Chicago's McCormick Place, where it has been since 1971, to Orlando's Orange County Convention Center.
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WINDPOWER Wins
WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, the association award winner at TSW Fastest 50, was named the overall winner at the event. ABC Kids Expo was named the top tradeshow, and PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) was the top consumer-hybrid winner.
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HIMMS Opts For Vegas Over Chicago in 2012
The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society Annual Conference & Exhibition, ranked No. 49 on the 2009 Tradeshow Week 200, will go to Las Vegas instead of Chicago in 2012, according to Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau officials.
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Plastics Show May Head South
The Society of the Plastics Industry has heard presentations about hosting the triennial NPE – The Intl. Plastics Showcase in 2012 and 2015 from both Chicago, where the show currently has been held at McCormick Place, and Orlando.
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Las Vegas Attendance Up in September
For the first time since July 2008, convention attendance was up in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority's Executive Summary for September, meetings in Las Vegas attracted 401,319 attendees, 12.2 percent more than the 357,525 attendees during the same time period last year.
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Hanley Wood Collocates Plumbing, Remodeling Shows
In 2010, Hanley Wood Exhibitions will collocate Messe Frankfurt North America's Plumbing + Hydronics Expo with Hanley Wood's existing Remodeling Show, along with DeckExpo.
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Urban Expositions Cancels Material World
Urban Expositions canceled the Miami Beach, Fla., and Los Angeles editions of Material World, a 10-year-old show for the textile industry.
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Diversified Launches Seafood Show In Hong Kong
Diversified Business Communications will launch the Asian Seafood Exposition Sept. 7-9 in Hong Kong. The new event will be held in conjunction with another Diversified event, Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong, a trade show for the hospitality sector.
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IMEX Set to Launch U.S. Version in 2011
Representatives from Meeting Professionals Intl., IMEX and the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority announced the launch of a U.S. version of the IMEX show in 2011. The event will be held at the Sands Expo & Convention Center Oct. 11-13 and will be called IMEX America.
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Viad Q3 Revenues Drop 40 Percent
Viad, the parent company of GES Exposition Services, reported Q3 revenues of $181.1 million, down from $302.3 million in the same period last year, a 40.1-percent decrease. GES' revenue was down to $106.6 million from $203.3 million in the same period last year, a 47.6-percent decrease.
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Golf Industry Show to Go to Las Vegas in 2012
The Golf Industry Show will move to Las Vegas Feb. 29-March 1, 2012, according to six association show partners that put on the event.
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Philadelphia CVB Gets New Head in 2011
Jack Ferguson, executive vice president of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, will replace Tom Muldoon as president and CEO in 2011, according to the executive committee of the board of directors of the bureau.
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IAEE's Expo! Expo! Heads to Houston in 2013
The Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events has chosen Houston as the host city for its Expo! Expo! IAEE's Annual Meeting & Exhibition in 2013.
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NATPE Moves From Vegas to Miami in 2011
In 2011, the Natl. Assn. of Television Programming Executives' show announced it would move from its home of several years in Las Vegas to the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., according to NATPE's CEO Rick Feldman.
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SMOTY Winners Named
The Expo Group's 10th annual Show Manager of the Year Award recipients have been announced.
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UBM Asia to Market Istanbul Jewelry Show
UBM Asia has signed an agreement with Rotaforte Fair Company, owner of the Istanbul Jewelry Show, to promote the semiannual show, whose next edition will take place March 13-17 in Istanbul.
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GSCs File Labor Complaints
Freeman and GES Exposition Services have filed complaints with the Natl. Labor Relations Board related to the exclusive labor situation at San Jose, Calif.'s McEnery Convention Center.
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Angus Wins IAEE Pinnacle Award
Sandy Angus will receive the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events' Pinnacle Award during Expo! Expo! IAEE's Annual Meeting & Exhibition Dec. 8-10 in Atlanta.
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Questex Media Files Chapter 11
Questex Media Group Holdings, which owns two shows on the 2009 Tradeshow Week 200 – Intl. Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conference Las Vegas and Intl. Beauty Show New York – has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
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Diversified Launches a New Asian Seafood Show
Portland, Maine-based Diversified Business Communications is set to expand its seafood show empire with the launch of the Asian Seafood Exposition Sept. 7-9 in Hong Kong. The new event will collocate with another Diversified event, Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong, a tradeshow for the hospitality sector.
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Urban Expositions Calls a Halt to Its Material World
Urban Expositions launched Material World & Technology Solutions Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the California Market Center in Los Angeles, where it was collocated with CMC's existing Los Angeles Intl. Textile Show. Then, after just one edition, the show was scrapped, along with Material World's 10-year-old Miami Beach, Fla.-based flagship show.
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Business Travel Will Be Up, Meetings Down in '10
In the coming year, business people will travel more, even if they attend fewer meetings and events. At the same time, U.S. air travel and car rental costs will remain flat, while hotel rates decline. That's the conclusion of the Natl. Business Travel Assn.'s 2010 U.S. Business Travel Buyers' Core Forecast, released late last month.
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People on the Move
People on the move
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New Business Contracts
New business contracts
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Openings
Openings
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Registration Roundup
Registration roundup
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New Service Contractor Launches
Three industry veterans who previously worked for Champion Exposition Services – Chris Valentine, Nate Derby and Chris Young – have formed T3 Expo, a new general service contracting company. According to T3 Expo officials, the new company is an on-demand provider of “innovative event and tradeshow solutions and products nationwide."
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Intl. CES Ups Its Gaming Segment
The Consumer Electronics Assn.'s Intl. CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, scheduled Jan. 7-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, will feature a Gaming Showcase of new gaming technology spread out on 13,000 square feet of showfloor – twice the amount of space of the 2009 show.
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Associations Form New Council
Five tradeshow industry associations recently formed the Exhibit Industry Council because of exhibitors' concerns that some industry businesses practices are leading to an unsustainable business model.
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IMEX Set to Launch U.S. Version of Overseas Show
In 2011, the IMEX Group will launch IMEX America, a U.S.-based version of the company's overseas show for incentive travel, meetings and events. Set to take place Oct. 11-13, 2011, at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, the new show will focus on business, internationally hosted buyer programs and industry collaboration.
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Reno Ropes in Three Large Association Shows
Nevada's Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority announced it will host not one, not two, but three significant events starting in 2012, and, in at least one case, five more years after that.
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IAEE's Expo! Expo! Headed to Houston in 2013
The Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events has chosen Houston for the site of its Expo! Expo! IAEE's Annual Meeting & Exhibition in 2013. The event will be held Dec. 10-12 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, and the Hilton of the Americas will be the headquarters hotel.
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NY Gift Fair to Get a Bit Speedier
Things will move a little faster at the New York Intl. Gift Fair in February when the Gift and Home Trade Assn. hosts a session called “Speed Networking & Sourcing with the Gift and Home Trade Assn.” The Feb. 1 session will focus on industry innovation and change at the show scheduled Jan. 30-Feb. 4 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York.
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CIC Rolls Out Global Exam Day
The Convention Industry Council announced it will hold the inaugural Certified Meeting Professional Global Exam Day Feb. 20 in five sites outside of North America: Cancun, Mexico, alongside Meeting Professional Intl.'s MeetDifferent; South Korea; Singapore; South Africa; and Italy.
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Launch of Medical Device Show Set for Hong Kong
The latest news from the global exhibition industry, while still containing what’s become a familiar litany of show postponements and cancellations, is somewhat leavened by announcements of a handful of show launches, offering some optimism.
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People on the Move
Among those on the move, Global Sources appointed Spenser Au deputy CEO, Jack Chalden joined industry consulting organization The Augusta Group as an associate and the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission hired Nicholas A. Langella as senior vice president and general manager of America’s Center.
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New Business Contracts
The Travel South USA Board of Directors selected Atlanta as the site for the April 3-5, 2011, Travel South Showcase. The Intl. Astronomical Union chose Honolulu’s Hawai’i Convention Center for its triennial General Assembly, which includes an exhibition, to be held Aug. 3-14, 2015.
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Openings
The Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau established an office in Shanghai, China, as an integrated service center to coordinate and communicate with trade associations, exhibition organizers and agencies in Shanghai, Beijing and other Chinese cities.
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Show Launches
Reed Travel Exhibitions’ inaugural Americas Incentive Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition will debut June 21-23, 2011, in Baltimore. It was postponed a year after originally being scheduled June 29-July 1, also in Baltimore.
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Chicago Launches Task Force
A task force was launched in Chicago by representatives from various aspects of the tradeshow industry to do a "top-to-bottom" review of all parts of the business there.
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NPE Leaves Chicago for Orlando
In 2012, the Society of the Plastics Industry will move its triennial NPE - The Intl. Plastics Showcase from its home in Chicago's McCormick Place, where it has been since 1971, to Orlando's Orange County Convention Center.
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WINDPOWER Wins
WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, the association award winner at TSW Fastest 50, was named the overall winner at the event. ABC Kids Expo was named the top tradeshow, and PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) was the top consumer-hybrid winner.
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HIMMS Opts For Vegas Over Chicago in 2012
The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society Annual Conference & Exhibition, ranked No. 49 on the 2009 Tradeshow Week 200, will go to Las Vegas instead of Chicago in 2012, according to Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau officials.
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Plastics Show May Head South
The Society of the Plastics Industry has heard presentations about hosting the triennial NPE – The Intl. Plastics Showcase in 2012 and 2015 from both Chicago, where the show currently has been held at McCormick Place, and Orlando.
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Las Vegas Attendance Up in September
For the first time since July 2008, convention attendance was up in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority's Executive Summary for September, meetings in Las Vegas attracted 401,319 attendees, 12.2 percent more than the 357,525 attendees during the same time period last year.
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Hanley Wood Collocates Plumbing, Remodeling Shows
In 2010, Hanley Wood Exhibitions will collocate Messe Frankfurt North America's Plumbing + Hydronics Expo with Hanley Wood's existing Remodeling Show, along with DeckExpo.
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Urban Expositions Cancels Material World
Urban Expositions canceled the Miami Beach, Fla., and Los Angeles editions of Material World, a 10-year-old show for the textile industry.
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Diversified Launches Seafood Show In Hong Kong
Diversified Business Communications will launch the Asian Seafood Exposition Sept. 7-9 in Hong Kong. The new event will be held in conjunction with another Diversified event, Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong, a trade show for the hospitality sector.
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IMEX Set to Launch U.S. Version in 2011
Representatives from Meeting Professionals Intl., IMEX and the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority announced the launch of a U.S. version of the IMEX show in 2011. The event will be held at the Sands Expo & Convention Center Oct. 11-13 and will be called IMEX America.
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Viad Q3 Revenues Drop 40 Percent
Viad, the parent company of GES Exposition Services, reported Q3 revenues of $181.1 million, down from $302.3 million in the same period last year, a 40.1-percent decrease. GES' revenue was down to $106.6 million from $203.3 million in the same period last year, a 47.6-percent decrease.
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Golf Industry Show to Go to Las Vegas in 2012
The Golf Industry Show will move to Las Vegas Feb. 29-March 1, 2012, according to six association show partners that put on the event.
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Philadelphia CVB Gets New Head in 2011
Jack Ferguson, executive vice president of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, will replace Tom Muldoon as president and CEO in 2011, according to the executive committee of the board of directors of the bureau.
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IAEE's Expo! Expo! Heads to Houston in 2013
The Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events has chosen Houston as the host city for its Expo! Expo! IAEE's Annual Meeting & Exhibition in 2013.
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NATPE Moves From Vegas to Miami in 2011
In 2011, the Natl. Assn. of Television Programming Executives' show announced it would move from its home of several years in Las Vegas to the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., according to NATPE's CEO Rick Feldman.
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SMOTY Winners Named
The Expo Group's 10th annual Show Manager of the Year Award recipients have been announced.
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UBM Asia to Market Istanbul Jewelry Show
UBM Asia has signed an agreement with Rotaforte Fair Company, owner of the Istanbul Jewelry Show, to promote the semiannual show, whose next edition will take place March 13-17 in Istanbul.
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GSCs File Labor Complaints
Freeman and GES Exposition Services have filed complaints with the Natl. Labor Relations Board related to the exclusive labor situation at San Jose, Calif.'s McEnery Convention Center.
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Angus Wins IAEE Pinnacle Award
Sandy Angus will receive the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events' Pinnacle Award during Expo! Expo! IAEE's Annual Meeting & Exhibition Dec. 8-10 in Atlanta.
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Questex Media Files Chapter 11
Questex Media Group Holdings, which owns two shows on the 2009 Tradeshow Week 200 – Intl. Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conference Las Vegas and Intl. Beauty Show New York – has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
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