The people, destinations and management tools needed to make decisions on where to site meetings, tradeshows, conferences and events, such as Las Vegas, Chicago or Orlando. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/Site+Selection/47379.html?nid=3639 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:58:05 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699766.html?nid=3639 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=3639 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=3639 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=3639 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/CA6687165.html?nid=3639 In the past few years, as hotel rates and other costs steadily have climbed in Las Vegas, show managers, exhibitors and attendees have had to bite the bullet and pay higher rates if they wanted to be a part of a show in the city. Now, it all seems like a distant memory, with people coming to the city to enjoy some of the lowest costs in a long time because of the downturn in the economy. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6687169.html?nid=3639 Butch Spyridon knows something about turning lemons into lemonade. Spyridon, president of the Nashville (Tenn.) Convention & Visitors Bureau, sees some real positives as a result of a recent local controversy that is at least a twist in the road to the new 375,000 square foot, $645 million Music City Center scheduled to open in late 2012. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6678505.html?nid=3639 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=3639 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=3639 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=3639 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=3639 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=3639 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/CA6676272.html?nid=3639 Las Vegas casinos have been hit with a one-two punch during the economic downturn, with more than 400 events canceling since the beginning of the year, as well as tourists holding onto their dollars. As a result, Boyd Gaming, MGM Mirage and Las Vegas Sands all posted lower earnings. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6674721.html?nid=3639 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. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673813.html?nid=3639 They may be small countries, but Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands all have something unique to offer tradeshow and meeting professionals looking to host events in the region. The Netherlands takes the cake as the busiest, with two massive venues, Amsterdam RAI in Amsterdam and Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, but Brussels isn’t far behind, with a big venue of its own. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673822.html?nid=3639 In mid-July, the Natl. Marine Manufacturers Assn. announced it changed not only the name, but also the format and exhibitor base, of its 39-year-old New Orleans Boat Show. The annual show, now called the New Orleans Boat & Sportshow, will take place Jan. 6-10 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6672183.html?nid=3639 Las Vegas is not Cleveland; Nashville is not Phoenix – and yet all of them, and many more, have smart, hard-working convention and visitors bureau executives dealing with unique challenges and opportunities. Tradeshow Week editors profile a number of CVB executives who have during the past few years excelled at their jobs, bringing unique gifts to sometimes very idiosyncratic circumstances. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6670983.html?nid=3639 New York's Public Authority Control Board approved a plan for the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York. Construction on the proposed renovation and expansion will begin immediately, according to the governor's office. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6670984.html?nid=3639 Many states with budget deficits, like Michigan, are allocating extra funds to beef up their tourism and marketing budgets. Ohio is not among them. The Buckeye State currently has a $3.2 billion budget deficit, and, as part of his effort to address the issue, Gov. Ted Strickland wants to eliminate all state-funded travel and tourism marketing and give the job to a public-private partnership. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668321.html?nid=3639 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