The latest in audio visual equipment, technology and companies available for meeting and event productions, events, meetings, seminars, conferences, training sessions, as well as meetings gadgets, technology, Web sites and virtual meetings. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/AV+%26+Technology/47362.html?nid=3626 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:55:27 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6672173.html?nid=3626 In recent new business contracts, Smart City Networks signed on to provide the Los Angeles Convention Center with event technology services, and the Green Building Focus Conference & Expo, July 28-29 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala., awarded its lead retrieval contract to Bartizan Connects. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668324.html?nid=3626 On most days, events coming in and out of the SMG-managed David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh range from the Pittsburgh Auto Show to the Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting to even a dog show. But, come Sept. 24-25, the center will be hosting a much more high-profile event – the G-20 (Group of Twenty) Global Economic Summit. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655434.html?nid=3626 Troy, Mich.-based Nimlok Grand Rapids, a provider of custom, modular tradeshow exhibits, has bucked the trend of holding onto its money and scooped up Exhibits Now, another local company. The new company will operate under the name Nimlok Metro, as a subsidiary of Nimlok Grand Rapids. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655440.html?nid=3626 Historically, the conventional wisdom in the tradeshow business has been that, while exhibiting companies talk a good game when it comes to ROI, few follow up on leads they get from the showfloor the way they should. So, one might wonder, in the midst of a serious economic downturn, with heightened pressure to make sales, if exhibitors finally have gotten the message. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6648877.html?nid=3626 Austin, Texas-based Alliance Tech, a company that provides RFID-enabled event measurement, recently bought Boston-based nTAG, which has a focus on face-to-face social networking technology and created the first interactive name badge. The sale was a fortuitous one for both companies: nTAG was in bankruptcy, and Alliance Tech was looking to branch into the type of technology nTAG offered. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6646430.html?nid=3626 One way tradeshow companies could make an investment in technology to get ahead of the pack now, instead of waiting for the economy to take a turn for the better, would be to take a good, hard look at their shows’ Web sites and ask themselves, “Do they all seamlessly, successfully serve attendees and exhibitors, as well as the company itself?” Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6644992.html?nid=3626 When people talk about new marketing strategies lately, the conversation almost always includes discussions about social media tools, such as Facebook and Twitter. Cherilyn Stringer, partner in New York-based Global Village Marketing, will speak at the MeetingTechOnline Summit. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6644991.html?nid=3626 Social networking tools have evolved to such a point that buyers and sellers not only are able to connect before, during and after a show – even “spotting” each other on a showfloor with handheld devices – but also everyone has the opportunity to use the technology to network. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6638341.html?nid=3626 Dallas-based Freeman acquired Arlington Heights, Ill.-based AVT Event Technologies, an in-house audiovisual provider to hotels. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6635964.html?nid=3626 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:42:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6619289.html?nid=3626 There are new products and services constantly being offered for show managers and their customers – many of whom likely will be on the showfloor Dec. 10 at Expo! Expo! Intl. Assn. of Exhibition and Events' Annual Meeting & Exhibition at the Miami Beach (Fla.) Convention Center. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6614341.html?nid=3626 Experient's new Interactive 360 Web site offers tradeshow attendees a range of services in the preplanning and on-site stages of their tradeshow participation. John Steiger, Experient showfloor services manager, said there has been a lot of integration in Web site systems for show managers and talk of how it benefits organizers, but not much about benefiting attendees. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6614342.html?nid=3626 Exhibiting in more than 200 events a year is no easy task for Bobbie Tracy, The Boeing Company's senior manager for the Air and Trade Shows group, so she decided to seek out technology solutions at MeetingTechOnline's inaugural 2008 MTO Summit, held Nov. 5-6 at the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6607142.html?nid=3626 Ever wanted to know how to move your show's Web site beyond just an online brochure? Or how to use social networking to drive traffic, not just to your showfloor, but also to your Web site itself, before, during and after the event? In that case, maybe MeetingTechOnline's MTO Summit 2008, Nov. 5-6 at the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel, is for you. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6605162.html?nid=3626 In the current economy, there is no rest for the weary, even within the confines of a showfloor. According to Tradeshow Week's 37th Annual Survey of Furniture and Accessory Rates, in 2008, the nationwide average (cost to furnish a tradeshow booth jumped significantly. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6596391.html?nid=3626 It was the first year of the Event Technology Expo at the Hospitality Sales Management Assn. Intl.'s Affordable Meetings Natl., but, if it's up to exhibitors, it won't be the last. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6572703.html?nid=3626 Everyone wants their booth to be bigger, better and, if that's not possible, to at least draw a crowd. Whether it's a 10'x10' at a small show or a giant booth at a Tradeshow Week 200 event, these products and services will help the exhibitor. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6523419.html?nid=3626 NTAG has landed seven new deals with one contract. A partnership agreement made in early January between the provider of event data management services and Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment puts nTAG equipment on site at all seven of the gaming resort company's Las Vegas properties. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6518258.html?nid=3626 Those attending the Professional Convention Management Assn. Annual Meeting Jan. 13-16 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle won't see exhibitors in booths as they walk the aisles: the showfloor doesn't exist. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6513522.html?nid=3626 ASAE & The Center for Assn. Leadership will hold a two-day Assn. Technology Conference & Expo Jan. 31-Feb.1 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:46:00 EST