Up-to-date news & information on the people involved in tradeshow business events. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/People/47363.html?nid=3627 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Mon, 12 May 2008 22:02:58 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6558533.html?nid=3627 The Exhibitor Support Centre at Toronto's Direct Energy Centre, supplier of on-site retail business services, named Catherine Earnhart acting business manager. Royal Productions appointed Don Hardenstein vice president of sales and marketing. He was previously east region vice president of sales, exhibit and design for GES Exposition Services. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6556407.html?nid=3627 Continuing a family tradition, Donald S. Freeman Jr. will step aside July 1 as CEO of Freeman, one of the two largest general service contractors in the tradeshow industry, as two other family members move up. Freeman, 70, will continue as chairman. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6554199.html?nid=3627 The Southwest Washington Convention & Visitors Bureau in Vancouver, Wash., hired Rosemary Cooke as director of sales. The Jordan Edmiston Group Inc. appointed Thomas Creaser to the newly created position of executive vice president. Michael Daniels joined ConventionPlanit.com as director of special markets. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6554417.html?nid=3627 Melvin Tennant has been named president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis, that city's convention and visitors association. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:07:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6549597.html?nid=3627 Heiner Federli, chief executive of Swiss BEA Bern Expo from 2004 to 2007, has resumed the position on an interim basis following the illness of current CEO Christoph Caviezel. Jennifer Hoff was promoted to COO of Natl. Trade Productions and Jennifer Hardee to director of operations. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6547103.html?nid=3627 After Sept. 11, the exhibition industry went into an economic downturn that, along with the larger economy, had actually begun some time in advance of the terrorist attacks themselves. The resulting “perfect storm” of travel restrictions, coupled with a reluctance to gather in large public assembly halls, spelled disaster for exhibitions. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6542149.html?nid=3627 UFI, the Global Assn. of the Exhibition Industry, named Rowena Arzt director of business development. She replaced Briac LeMouel who died suddenly last October. Director of Administration Sonia Thomas was promoted to director of operations. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533464.html?nid=3627 Jonathan Tisch has resigned as chairman of NYC & Company, New York City's marketing and tourism organization. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:15:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6524799.html?nid=3627 Freeman promoted Nelson Aveleno to vice president of exposition services sales for its national sales group. Aveleno joined Freeman in 1999 as director of sales for the western region of the executive sales group. In his new role, he will remain in Anaheim. Guy Bagg was named director of group sales for the mid-Atlantic region at Preferred Hotel Group. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6492202.html?nid=3627 Tradeshow Week Advertising Director Nancy Walker has been appointed associate publisher. Walker will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the magazine as the search for a publisher continues. Patrick Buchen, president and CEO of Adjuvant Expos, was named chairman of the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events' recently formed Public Events Council. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6492506.html?nid=3627 Philadelphia-based StarCite, a corporate meetings and events tech company, has appointed Richard C. Fagan chief financial Officer. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:07:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6476752.html?nid=3627 Stephen F. Bollenbach, co-chairman and CEO of Hilton Hotels, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit Jan. 28-30, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, Calif. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:17:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6475147.html?nid=3627 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has named Frits van Paasschen, former president and CEO of Coors Brewing, CEO effective Sept. 24. Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:47:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6466280.html?nid=3627 PPM Media and IDC's Industry Insights, an IDG subsidiary, have entered into a multi-year agreement under which the event producer, founded by Phil McKay, will produce conferences for the IT research firm. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:36:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6463168.html?nid=3627 Linda Norman was appointed the general manager at the new Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:17:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6461285.html?nid=3627 Ed Shartar is the prime example of someone in the meetings business who is inclined to say, "This is not exactly what I started out to be." Today, he's president and CEO of Experient which, with about $86 million in revenue last year and a staff of 700, is arguably one of the largest of the companies serving the meetings industry. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6461298.html?nid=3627 There will be approximately 2,000 to 3,000 meeting planners at Meeting Professional Intl.'s World Education Conference in Montreal next week. Some work for large companies with hundreds of clients and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Others are sole proprietors responsible for organizing a mere handful of events each year. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6461299.html?nid=3627 The so-called mom-and-pops of the meeting planning world are hardly a homogenous group. There are indeed one-person shops that organize one or two meetings a year for one client. But there also are others who have found their niche, and a way of doing their job, that allows them to single-handedly manage the meeting needs of Fortune 500 companies and some of the largest associations in the world. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6460701.html?nid=3627 Half Moon, the luxury resort located in Jamaica's Rose Hall enclave, appointed Betty Ann Brown training manager and Juliette Ruddock assistant resident manager for the Royal Villas. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:57:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6458894.html?nid=3627 InterContinental Hotels Group appointed Peter Gowers as CEO, Asia Pacific region, and Kirk Kinsell, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:32:00 MST