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 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Mon, 12 May 2008 16:27:22 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6558527.html?nid=3639 For more than a decade, show managers with maxed-out tradeshows in New York City have been promised the sun, moon and stars when it came to expanding the Jacob K. Javits Center of New York and the city-owned Piers 92 and 94 in the West 50s. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6558528.html?nid=3639 Bob Johnson thinks Marc Morial is making a mountain out of a logo — and apparently the Louisiana State Legislature agrees with Johnson. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6558539.html?nid=3639 As the country's No. 1 tradeshow destination and one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., Las Vegas is a place that knows how to move large crowds ... most of the time. Here are some things you should know before your next visit. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6558541.html?nid=3639 Over the years, Las Vegas has morphed from being primarily a gambling destination to a venue for world-class stage productions and entertainment acts of all kinds. As a result, tradeshow managers and exhibitors have had their pick of performers to wow the crowds on the showfloor. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6556406.html?nid=3639 If one thing rings true of the South, it is that it is a region with its own very distinct personality, one that conjures up pork chops and grits, barbecue and collard greens, college football and NASCAR. Tennessee boasts cities historically important to the legacies of rock 'n' roll and country music, Nashville and Memphis. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6556413.html?nid=3639 In 2006, the American Library Assn. Annual Conference & Exhibition was the first citywide convention to go to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Now, the librarians are returning in 2011 and 2018. "When ALA went to New Orleans in 2006, people thought we were crazy," said ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6556415.html?nid=3639 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency honored the Los Angeles Convention Center on Earth Day, April 22, for its environmental and sustainable efforts. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6556984.html?nid=3639 Casino Developer Stephen A. Wynn of Wynn Resorts is planning to build an exhibit hall in Las Vegas of 1.6 to 1.8 million square feet, "depending how you count it," he said Thursday in a conference call to discuss the company's first-quarter earnings. Fri, 02 May 2008 09:57:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6554201.html?nid=3639 When the Omni Fort Worth Hotel opens in January, it will not only have 607 guest rooms and 68,000 square feet of meeting and function space – it also will have the exclusive contract for all food and beverage services at the Fort Worth Convention Center across the street, something Aramark now shares with outside caterers. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6554203.html?nid=3639 Flying the friendly skies is less appealing all the time, and became more so during the last few weeks. First, Aloha, ATA and Skybus airlines declared bankruptcy and abruptly canceled their schedules. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6549603.html?nid=3639 If a hotel has the largest amount of dedicated meeting and exhibit space available in its area, the sales staff might find attracting groups easy. But with more than 2 million square feet of prime exhibit space at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center also nearby, how do hotels in the area compete? Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6549604.html?nid=3639 When plans for the Hilton Orlando Convention Center were announced in 2006, it was cause for celebration in the central Florida city. The new hotel would directly connect with the Orange County Convention Center, the second-largest convention center in the United States and the largest without an anchor hotel. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6545107.html?nid=3639 The states in the Mid-Atlantic region have a sure-fire tourist draw in their rich histories. These states can lay claim to many U.S. firsts: the first colony in what was then known as the New World (Virginia), the first state to ratify the Constitution (Delaware), even the first U.S. railroad depot (Baltimore). Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6545119.html?nid=3639 More and more association meeting planners and tradeshow organizers are seeking out international destinations where they can take members who are looking for memorable experiences. That means there is fierce competition among countries vying for lucrative U.S.-based events. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6542135.html?nid=3639 The trend during the last few years has been for convention and visitors bureaus to rebrand themselves. In some cases, that has merely meant a shift in strategy. In others, it has led to major name changes a la NYC & Company, LA Inc. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, Choose Chicago and Positively Cleveland. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6542138.html?nid=3639 When a tornado struck the Georgia World Congress Center at about 9:45 p.m. on Friday March 14, Katy Pando, associate director of marketing for the center, was in her office checking the weather forecast for the area. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533816.html?nid=3639 Dallas tourism officials got one step closer to their longtime goal to have a convention center hotel, with a 10-2 vote by the Dallas City Council Feb. 13 that secured a tract of land adjacent to the facility. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533824.html?nid=3639 Convention centers in Tier I cities – Las Vegas, Orlando and Chicago – all have either expanded recently, plan to or are at least thinking about it. But why do civic leaders in much smaller locales get the idea that enough groups are interested in committing years in advance to visit them that they need new space too? Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533825.html?nid=3639 Health care tradeshows and meetings have become such plums for convention and visitors bureaus to land that some cities – Cleveland, for one – are using them as part of their pitch when they go to the public to sell voters on paying for convention center construction or expansion. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6532911.html?nid=3639 Just a day short of the one-year anniversary of the collapse at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh that caused multiple show site changes and delays, officials released a report citing structural flaws as the reason for the accident. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST