Everything required to put on a conference including destination selection, food and beverage, speakers, audio visual technology and space requirements for meetings and discussions. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/Conferences/47380.html?nid=3640 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:38:01 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699767.html?nid=3640 Margaret Pederson, president of Amirexx and a veteran tradeshow organizer, will be honored for her tremendous contribution to the tradeshow industry during the Tradeshow Week Fastest 50 event Nov. 13-15 in Houston. Pederson, currently chairwoman of the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events, has a long history of involvement in the industry. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673811.html?nid=3640 For years, educational content has been the driving force behind industry association meetings. It provides additional training, exposure to new ideas and concepts and professional accreditation. But education sessions often were overlooked when people in the industry talked about the meetings, often focusing on the parties and networking events that surround the education. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668321.html?nid=3640 Changing the outside perception of the value of face-to-face meetings has not been an easy feat for industry organizations in recent months, given the onslaught of negative publicity by the media, but, slowly and surely, with a coalition at work to address the negativity, progress is being made. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668323.html?nid=3640 There are few sectors of the economy that haven't been impacted by the global recession, but the meetings industry has been hit particularly hard, grappling with not only inevitable drops in attendance and cancellations, but also falling hotel rates, clients' reduced budgets and nagging perception issues. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655435.html?nid=3640 Life just got a little easier for meeting planners in charge of smaller events, with two companies, MeetingMetrics and American Express Business Travel, developing programs specifically geared toward them. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655437.html?nid=3640 The days when print ads were a reliable, growing source of revenue for magazines had ended, and the shift online was as fast and furious as publishers could take, forcing many business-to-business media companies to play catch-up. Most still are playing catch-up.As the head of American Business Media, an organization that represents B-to-B media companies, Gordon T. Hughes II has had to help his members adjust to the ever-changing environment. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6650240.html?nid=3640 As participants streamed into the March 30 opening session of this year’s Society of Independent Show Organizers CEO Summit in San Diego, their small talk and chatter was drowned out by speakers blaring the tune to “Happy Days Are Here Again.” Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6635115.html?nid=3640 Patrick Moscaritolo said he is “on standby, waiting for the smoke signal to come from the Massachusetts State Capitol.” Moscaritolo, president and CEO of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, has been in that mode since Jan. 19, when he told the Massachusetts Public Health Council it was liable to jeopardize the entire state's lucrative health care meetings and tradeshow business. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6626700.html?nid=3640 It's no secret how Deborah Sexton, president and CEO of the Professional Convention Management Assn., feels about education: “Our goal is always to deliver the best possible education – and in multiple formats.” Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6621396.html?nid=3640 The economic climate continues to cause cancellations and changes in some shows' dates, frequency and scope worldwide. However, new shows still are being launched as well, which can be seen in the latest global exhibition news from such places as China, Singapore, India and Iran. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6617046.html?nid=3640 The Professional Convention Management Assn. Education Foundation has awarded student scholarships in three categories: the Chairman's Scholarship, the Annual Meeting Scholarship and the PCMA Student Chapter of the Year Award. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6616035.html?nid=3640 Thirteen destination marketing organizations, including a European DMO, have attained accreditation from the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program. The industry-wide accreditation program, developed by the Destination Marketing Assn. Intl., recognizes organizations that meet or exceed industry standards. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6609062.html?nid=3640 The Consumer Electronics Assn. and industry veteran Robin Raskin's Living in Digital Times Inc. announced an addition to the 2009 Intl. CES. A new conference and exhibition, Kids@Play: Building a Smarter Tomorrow, will debut at the Jan. 8-11 show in Las Vegas. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6598315.html?nid=3640 The rising cost of travel has claimed another victim, this time causing the United Church of Christ to cancel its plans to hold its 2011 General Synod at the Hawai`i Convention Center in Honolulu. The church is considering other locations because the costs of hotels and airfare increased significantly. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6586914.html?nid=3640 In the universe of tradeshows, there are far more that are affiliated with associations than with for-profit entrepreneurs. How that term “affiliated” is applied can be complicated. In some cases, an association owns and manages every last detail of a show. In other cases, it barely has anything to do with the show. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6552184.html?nid=3640 The tradeshow industry may be evolving in an environmentally responsible direction, but at this stage, when anyone can claim their show is green, one question persists: What really is green anyway? For anyone interested in sustainability, the concept of what constitutes a green show, product or service, and how this can be measured is a confusing one – until now. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6542143.html?nid=3640 The exhibition-industry conference season gets underway shortly with the annual SISO CEO Summit scheduled to begin April 6 at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg, Fla. The theme of this year's Summit is Strategies, Trends & Fundamentals. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6536224.html?nid=3640 CMP and O'Reilly Media, co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco and Web 2.0 Summit, will launch Web 2.0 Expo New York Sept. 16-19 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York. The organizers introduced the Web 2.0 Expo brand last April in San Francisco as an annual gathering of technical, design, marketing and business professionals working in the world of Web 2. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6518257.html?nid=3640 Associations listen more and more to membership demands to find new markets for their products and services. In response, many based in North America are stretching overseas with conferences, conventions and tradeshows. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6518273.html?nid=3640 A typical conference session looks something like this: A speaker stands behind a podium at the front of a room, faces the audience and uses a power point presentation for visual demonstrations. After 45 minutes to an hour, the speaker takes questions from the audience. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST