en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/CVBs+%26+Venues/47374.html?nid=3635 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:26:09 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699766.html?nid=3635 In the past few years, two competing Reno, Nev.-based resorts, the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa and Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, spent hundreds of millions of dollars to spruce up their properties. Then the recession hit, so, in an unusual move, they teamed up on a strategic marketing campaign. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699768.html?nid=3635 For years, city officials in Portland, Ore., and Wilmington, N.C., have wanted anchor hotels next to their convention centers. Recently, when it looked like finally there might be light at the end of the tunnel, both cities' hopes again were dashed. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699772.html?nid=3635 The Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau has a new sales approach for meetings and conventions, called Roadmap 2010. “We’re reinventing how we position, sell and service as our convention district,” said Gary Sain, president and CEO of the CVB. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699773.html?nid=3635 Many have credited Jim Wood, president and CEO of the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau since 2003, with the home of the Kentucky Derby suddenly emerging as one of the more competitive tradeshow destinations in the United States.Tradeshow Week spoke with Wood recently about the city’s strategy to attract shows, why it has been so successful and what’s next for Louisville. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699775.html?nid=3635 If you’re having an event at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., you’ll have the opportunity to experience the culinary delights of Executive Chef Michael Swann. Swann started at the resort in 2004 after he gained experience as executive chef in restaurants and smaller hotel properties. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699776.html?nid=3635 Meeting planners and tradeshow organizers have scoured their budgets this year, looking everywhere they are able to find ways to streamline costs. One item on almost every budget that has undergone scrutiny has been food and beverage service. Organizers and planners have had to figure out the best ways to meet the expectations of their attendees – all the while cutting corners. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6695340.html?nid=3635 Even though 2008 was a good year for Macau's tourism business in general and its events business in particular, some issues, such as limiting the number of visits from mainland China to Macau, have made for a rougher 2009. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6695343.html?nid=3635 In an effort to extend its meetings and incentives market into Asia, the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau has rolled out online meeting planner guides that have been translated to cater to organizations in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6695345.html?nid=3635 During the past few years, convention center construction, renovations and expansions have been proposed and started at record pace. It seemed destinations could do no wrong by adding more space and accommodating more shows. Then the recession hit, causing some projects to be postponed while giving others opportunities. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6695346.html?nid=3635 Several Southeast Asian countries other than China – Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand – have strong exhibition industries. TSW editors take a look at the business in those locations. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6687174.html?nid=3635 The Sharonville (Ohio) Convention Center, located just north of Cincinnati, will break ground in October for an expansion project to meet demands for more space. The project primarily is financed by $32 million in state bonds, with more funding from hotel taxes in Hamilton County and the city of Sharonville. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6686388.html?nid=3635 In an economic recession that has hit trade associations particularly hard, many executives and the suppliers who serve them have one simple mantra: One size doesn’t fit all. That appeared to be the dominant message delivered at the American Society of Assn. Executives & The Center for Assn. Leadership Annual Meeting & Exposition Aug. 15-18 in Toronto. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6678505.html?nid=3635 The Anaheim Convention Center recently purchased a herd of cattle for its food service provider, Aramark, from Hearst Ranch in San Simeon, Calif., the nation's largest single-source supplier of free-range, all-natural, grass-fed and grass-finished beef. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6676261.html?nid=3635 When show managers are looking for an international destination that still is close to home, they often turn to the United States’ northern neighbor, Canada. And no wonder: the country, which shares the world’s longest common border with the U.S., long has been an easy trip north. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6676265.html?nid=3635 One way to get more conventions booked in a city is to offer everything a tradeshow manager possibly could dream of needing all in one place and make it affordable. That’s exactly what Indianapolis’ game plan is with the more than $3 billion investment that the city has in the works. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6676269.html?nid=3635 At Chicago's McCormick Place, cellular company Cricket Communications has launched a new indoor wireless network by ExteNet Systems that covers all four buildings on the campus, more than 2 million square feet. The indoor wireless network is part of the now contiguous Cricket coverage that stretches more than 60 miles, from Kankakee, Ill. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6676270.html?nid=3635 The Walter E. Washington (D.C.) Convention Center will get a big boost in the form of a new, 1,167-room anchor hotel that's on tap to open in the first quarter of 2013. In July, the D.C. City Council gave final legislative approval for the public financing component for the $537 million hotel. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6676271.html?nid=3635 The U.S. Travel Assn. is not the only organization on a mission to increase the number of international visitors to the United States. The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau and the San Francisco Intl. Airport have partnered to expand their international reach. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6674720.html?nid=3635 Boston's Bayside Exposition Center will reopen this summer, following its sale during foreclosure procedures. LNR Property Corp., which bought Bayside for $11 million in May at a foreclosure auction, hired KeyPoint Partners to manage the property. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6674721.html?nid=3635 Next year's Intl. CES showfloor will be centralized at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Las Vegas Hilton, eliminating space used for more than 10 years at the Las Vegas Sands MegaCenter. 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