Information on the professional staffs at industry associations as well as merger and acquisition news, tradeshow management, personal changes, new contract signings and transactions. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/Management+Update/47383.html?nid=3642 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:38:03 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673814.html?nid=3642 These days, everyone could use some good news. That’s exactly what 50 tradeshow managers recently received when they were informed their shows were among Tradeshow Week’s Fastest 50 winners this year. The shows will be recognized during the TSW Fastest 50 event Nov. 13-15 in Houston. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673816.html?nid=3642 Citing, among other things, high exhibitor costs and legacy labor rules in some cities as evidence, a group of tradeshow industry executives who gathered for a “think tank” session during TS² discussed changes in the way face-to-face marketing will be conducted in the future. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655437.html?nid=3642 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/CA6641815.html?nid=3642 In this challenging economic climate, tradeshows not only have to market harder, but also more creatively. The largest event for the catering and events industries is trying to prove that strong marketing to a healthy industry can result in a successful show. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6632906.html?nid=3642 In a special feature, Tradeshow Week editors identify 15 top association show managers. These particular show managers have been singled out because they are doing all these things at the same time they are organizing – and growing – some of the industry's largest events. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6625079.html?nid=3642 The economy may be down, but for a large portion of show management, salaries still are going up. According to Tradeshow Week’s 2008 Show Management Salary Survey, for-profit exhibition organizers’ average salaries jumped to $79,615 this year, from $64,993 in 2007. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6611419.html?nid=3642 The sixth annual Tradeshow Week Fastest 50 event recognizes the 50 fastest-growing trade, association and consumer-hybrid shows in the United States and Canada. TSW editors interviewed the 50 winning show managers to learn more about them and their shows. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6607666.html?nid=3642 Eric Allen, executive vice president of the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Assn., has been named chairman of a new streamlined board of the Convention Industry Council. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:27:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6605152.html?nid=3642 On Oct. 8, Tradeshow Week added yet another electronic publication to its growing stable of e-newsletters. The biweekly TSW Association Show supplies readers with news and information about the association show sector – recognized by many as a huge segment of the tradeshow industry. According to TSW research, 89 shows on the most recent TSW 200 were owned by associations. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6598319.html?nid=3642 A move to see if in-house show management was cost-effective led the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Assn. Intl. to sign a five-year contract with J. Spargo & Associates to manage the Affordable Meetings Shows. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6586871.html?nid=3642 The Multiple Assn. Management Institute, the first trade association for association management companies, formed in 1963. It ultimately evolved into the AMC Institute, currently headquartered in Philadelphia. The Institute's members offer a wide range of association management services, including meeting and tradeshow management. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6584858.html?nid=3642 It was a strong existing relationship between Red 7 Media and the Exhibit Designers and Producers Assn. that led to the media company recently taking over management of the association. “We are confident and enthusiastic about this model change between the EDPA and our association management partner,” said MaryBeth Gieser, president of the EDPA. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6560328.html?nid=3642 Susan Safarti, founding president and CEO of The Center for Assn. Leadership and executive vice president of American Society of Assn. Executives, will resign from both posts effective Aug. 31. Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6554724.html?nid=3642 Margit B. Weisgal has been named executive director of the Trade Show Exhibitors Assn. and current TSEA President Stephen Schuldenfrei has announced his retirement. Weisgal has been with exhibitor training consulting firm Sextant Communications for almost 20 years and in 2007 received TSEA's Distinguished Service Award. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:27:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6536220.html?nid=3642 After MemoryTrends Trade Show drew only nine exhibitors to its collocation with the Photo Marketing Assn. Intl. Convention & Trade Show Jan. 31-Feb. 2 in Las Vegas, one could guess that the scrapbooking industry was in trouble. The Craft & Hobby Assn. Winter Convention & Trade Show dispelled that idea. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533812.html?nid=3642 LAS VEGAS—During the Feb. 11-15 fashion week, MAGIC Marketplace was one of three shows welcoming new leaders, who ushered in a spate of tweaks that, participants said, will be good for business. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533818.html?nid=3642 A report from Hong Kong-based Business Strategies Group found that, even as more of China's economic sectors are privatized, trade associations continue to play an important role in business events in that country, with some organizing major events of their own. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6531704.html?nid=3642 Cathy Breden has been named executive director of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:39:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6527053.html?nid=3642 The trade association for the outdoor recreation business, the Outdoor Industry Assn., and Nielsen Business Media, owner of the Outdoor Retailer tradeshows, have signed a 15-year agreement. According to the terms, Outdoor Retailer becomes the top financial contributor to the association and primary sponsor of some OIA projects. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6505798.html?nid=3642 Two fresh fruit and vegetable groups have joined forces, combining their staffs and operations into one, more powerful industry association. Just one thing remains to be settled: what to do with their respective tradeshows. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST