en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376.html?nid=4569 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 14, 2009 http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/590050459.html?nid=4569 In just four short days, the staff here at Tradeshow Week will be heading to Houston to take part in the seventh annual TSW Fastest 50 celebration.... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1310050131.html?nid=4569 Last week, I flew into Las Vegas for a three-day business trip on a Sunday afternoon, and I thought the airport would be dead at that time of day, ... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/620049262.html?nid=4569 As many cities have found out, there’s often a huge gap of understanding when it comes to the value of investing public funds in a convention... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/160049016.html?nid=4569 Last week, I spent two days at the “Happiest Place on Earth,” otherwise known as Disneyland. I also visited Disney’s inaugural D2... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1520048752.html?nid=4569 Believe it or not, even though there are die-hard Disney fans the world over, the company that seems omnipresent in other aspects has never had its... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1740048574.html?nid=4569 It isn’t the first time it’s happened, but after a year or so of being given the cold, hard shoulder by the Chicago Convention & To... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/110047411.html?nid=4569 I recently returned from a trip to Indianapolis at which I not only saw my very first NASCAR race, the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, but I also go... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1250046725.html?nid=4569 I have to be honest. I expected to go to Meeting Professional Intl.’s World Education Congress, July 11-14 at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Pala... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1540046554.html?nid=4569 Tomorrow morning, I fly out to the Meeting Professionals Intl. World Education Congress at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in S... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/620046262.html?nid=4569 There were two recent announcements of associations that decided working together and sharing information made sense. The first announcement was m... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1660045966.html?nid=4569 Most people have heard of the blacklist in Hollywood when individuals who were accused of having Communist sympathies were barred from working in t... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1090045509.html?nid=4569 If there’s a global recession going on that’s supposedly touching every square corner of the earth, at surface level, it seems to have ... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/720045272.html?nid=4569 As a reporter, every once in a while you can be caught completely flat-footed on a story. Let me explain. A few weeks ago, I interviewed M... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1800044980.html?nid=4569 For those of you who have never heard of Novi, Mich., don’t worry – I’ll bet you’re far from being the only ones. Novi is ... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1790044979.html?nid=4569 For those of you who have never heard of Novi, Mich., don’t worry – I’ll bet you’re far from being the only ones. Novi is ... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/30044803.html?nid=4569 Since we have a few freelancers who actively cover shows in Las Vegas for Tradeshow Week, it’s been almost a year since I was last here. Eve... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1760043976.html?nid=4569 I used to travel to Mexico’s Baja Peninsula a few times a year. Surf trips with friends, nights out in Rosarito Beach, cruising up and down t... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1740043774.html?nid=4569 I just finished writing a story that will be in the May 4 issue about capital projects that all, in one way or another, have come under more scruti... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1300043330.html?nid=4569 We, like everyone else, have been trying to get our heads around all the social networking technology opportunities out there and what makes sense ... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/60043206.html?nid=4569 Recently, a complaint reached our ears about the print version of Tradeshow Week. The reader felt headlines were “too sensationalistic”... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1430042143.html?nid=4569 I was fortunate to recently go to Hong Kong. Since I had never been to Asia before, I didn’t have any idea of what to expect. Even so, one th... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1490040949.html?nid=4569 Recently, I was doing some research for an article I am working on for the March 2 issue about meetings, some for companies that have received fede... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1040040304.html?nid=4569 If there was one buzzword in the tradeshow industry that I thought was more overused in the course of a year than any other it was “green.&rd... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1750038975.html?nid=4569 Now that the holidays are over and we’ve gotten through our biggest year-end print issues in the TSW newsroom, I am off to the Professional C... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1760000376/post/1990037999.html?nid=4569 Tradeshow Week’s group publisher and I recently boarded a plane and flew to Miami Beach, Fla., to go to the Expo! Expo! Intl. Assn. of Exhibi...