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 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:15:05 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6678501.html?nid=3627 • Drew Cerza, president and founder of the RMI Promotions Group and founder of the Natl. Buffalo Wing Festival, was named interim president and CEO of the Buffalo Niagara (N.Y.) Convention & Visitors Bureau. He replaced Richard Geiger, who resigned. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6672176.html?nid=3627 People on the move this week include Stephanie Cole, vice president of apparel and accessories leasing for Market Center Management, who was named vice president of GlobalTex: L.A. Intl. Textile & Sourcing Fair; and Klaus Dittrich will become CEO of Messe Muenchen Dec. 31, succeeding Manfred Wutzlhofer, who will become president of UFI, The Global Assn. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668332.html?nid=3627 The travel business has taken a beating because of the recession. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone paying attention that the industry’s advocacy group, U.S. Travel Assn., has been fighting back, pulling the tradeshow industry’s leading organizations into its lobbying efforts. Geoff Freeman, USTA senior vice president of public affairs, heads up those efforts. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6667193.html?nid=3627 Hanley Wood Exhibitions President Galen Poss and Executive Vice President Michael Green abruptly resigned June 15 in what Poss called a “contract dispute with Hanley Wood over compensation payments owed for performance.” Hanley Wood CEO Frank Anton said former Senior Vice President Rick McConnell would be acting president of the exhibitions division. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6666037.html?nid=3627 • Bernd Aufderheide, CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress; Johann Fuchsgruber, CEO of Messe Erfurt and managing director of the Pool of German Trade Fairs and Exhibition Cities (FAMA); and Franz-Josef Buetfering, managing director of the Buetfering Schleiftechnik woodworking company and president of Eumabois, the European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers, were elected to AUMA. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6659642.html?nid=3627 Rachel Benedick was named vice president of sales and services for Visit Denver, a position she held on an interim basis since September. She replaced Doug Small, who became president of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Convention & Visitors Bureau last year. Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6648880.html?nid=3627 Sue Trizila’s story of how she and her colleagues grew a pre-automation era travel company, with 15 employees and one tradeshow-related client, through ownership changes and great technology advances, to a firm now with more than 150 employees and countless convention and tradeshow clients, is complex. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6644995.html?nid=3627 • ExpoDisplays promoted Jay Burkette from director of dealer development to vice president of sales. • Brussels Intl. Tourism and Congress appointed RD Intl. President Robert Dallmeyer North American sales representative. Dallmeyer formerly worked with the Brussels Exhibition Center and the city of Brussels and will now work exclusively for the city, targeting meetings and conventions. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6638346.html?nid=3627 People on the move this week include Char Beltran, who was appointed president and CEO of the Lake Havasu (Ariz.) Convention & Visitors Bureau, Wendy Bradanini, who was promoted to director of sales and business development at TTS Logistics and Diane Brandon, who was promoted to to vice president of marketing and public relations at the Arlington (Texas) Convention & Visitors Bureau. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6630913.html?nid=3627 • Visit Denver, the city's convention and visitors bureau, named Justin Bresler vice president of marketing and business development. • The Austin (Texas) Convention & Visitors Bureau named Arron Brooks executive meetings manager for the Midwest and Eastern regions of the country. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6626715.html?nid=3627 • Sparks appointed Helen Airth director of Sparks Intl., working from the company's Philadelphia headquarters. • ExCeL London – The Intl. Exhibition & Conference Centre appointed Sir David Arculus chairman. • Global Spectrum named Robert Balsam Jr. Miami Beach (Fla.) Convention Center general manager. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6619301.html?nid=3627 • Markus M. Jessberger was named event director of Reed Exhibitions Deutschland in Duesseldorf, Germany. He previously was divisional manager of domestic fairs at Atelier Scherer Fair Consulting, Fuerth, Germany. At Reed, he will have overall responsibility for the Aluminium, Composite Europe, Showtech and Moderner Staat exhibitions. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6616028.html?nid=3627 • CEP Intl., beginning a global expansion initiative, named Claude Adomaitis vice president of international business development and Noel Hoekstra director of international accounts. • Experient promoted Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Rick Binford to executive vice president of sales and marketing. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6609050.html?nid=3627 Gartner Events' Alwyn Dawkins, senior vice president of the events division of parent company Gartner, spoke with Senior Assistant Editor Stephanie Corbin about his plans for Gartner Events moving forward, plans for weathering tough economic conditions while growing the business and the event portfolio's importance to information technology professionals. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6609054.html?nid=3627 These days, Tradeshow Week readers are parsing every bit of news they can get about economic conditions around the globe, trying to get some sense of what it all means for their businesses. Among the greatest challenges – to U.S. readers, at least – is determining what the future looks like in some of the historically strong tradeshow markets around the world. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6607135.html?nid=3627 • Ahmed Saleh Baabood was named chairman of Oman Intl. Trade & Exhibitions. • GES Exposition Services promoted Bill Carter to executive vice president and COO and Steve Moster to executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6596397.html?nid=3627 • The BC Pavilion Corp. appointed Ken Cretney general manager of the Vancouver (British Columbia) Convention & Exhibition Centre, effective Oct. 1. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6596399.html?nid=3627 The Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau board's executive committee has picked one of the city's native sons, William Pate, as its top candidate to be president and CEO. A final decision on Pate's nomination was to be made at a full meeting of the Atlanta CVB board Sept. 18. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6584855.html?nid=3627 Aaron Bludworth joined The George Fern Co. as COO. He previously was vice president of corporate events and vice president of sales for GES Exposition Services. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6581049.html?nid=3627 The Professional Convention Management Assn. hired Gail Fairhall as vice president of research and Liz Giannini as manager of chapters and membership. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST