Latest developments in products and services for tradeshow organizers and exhibitors, such as online space selection, showfloor design software and registration and lead retrieval systems. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/Technology/47377.html?nid=3637 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:06:07 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6678510.html?nid=3637 A decade ago, Web-based floorplan mapping dazzled show managers who had outgrown conventional hand-drawn floorplans. However, in recent years, the bar for floorplan mapping companies progressively has been raised. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6678511.html?nid=3637 There was a time when tradeshow space draws meant everybody – show organizers and exhibitors alike – would gather in a room and someone with a huge sheet of paper, a permanent marker and lots of Wite-Out would piece together who wanted what booth where on the showfloor. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6672174.html?nid=3637 Among newly announced show launches is Canon Communications event for the orthopaedic manufacturing sector: the OrthoTec Conference & Exhibition, which will debut May 12-13 at the Orthopaedic Capital Center in Warsaw, Ind. BZ Media also has a show set to launch, the ESDC enterprise software development event, scheduled to debut March 1-3 at the San Mateo Marriott in San Mateo, Calif. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6669653.html?nid=3637 The verdict’s in: Technology is here to stay. A recent report, “Digital + Exhibit Marketing Insights 2009,” produced by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research and George P. Johnson, found corporate exhibitors and exhibition management professionals are committed to integrating digital media into their exhibitions and event marketing. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668325.html?nid=3637 When it comes to being hit by the recession, no one's dodged the bullet, least of all convention centers. Depending on their source of funding, be it public or private, some have fared better than others, but, across the nation, convention centers of all sizes admit they've had to be resourceful in coming up with new ways to save money at the venues – especially smaller-sized facilities. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6662172.html?nid=3637 For the past nine years, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Ariba, a software service company for the procurement industry, has held a tradeshow. This year, Ariba caught wind that several attendees would be skipping the live event because of the downturn in the economy, so it acted fast to take the show online. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655434.html?nid=3637 Troy, Mich.-based Nimlok Grand Rapids, a provider of custom, modular tradeshow exhibits, has bucked the trend of holding onto its money and scooped up Exhibits Now, another local company. The new company will operate under the name Nimlok Metro, as a subsidiary of Nimlok Grand Rapids. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655439.html?nid=3637 In this economy, everyone's trying to save money. That includes show managers and their attendees. For some of these budget-slashing and cost-saving measures, shows have turned to their housing and registration companies for ways to stretch their – and their attendees' – dollars. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6655440.html?nid=3637 Historically, the conventional wisdom in the tradeshow business has been that, while exhibiting companies talk a good game when it comes to ROI, few follow up on leads they get from the showfloor the way they should. So, one might wonder, in the midst of a serious economic downturn, with heightened pressure to make sales, if exhibitors finally have gotten the message. Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6651333.html?nid=3637 Some talk the green talk, but do the bare minimum it takes to call themselves environmentally friendly. Others walk the green walk down the tradeshow aisle, doing what it takes to have a real hand in preserving the planet. Stepping into the shoes of an attendee or exhibitor who might be headed to a tradeshow, there are several ways he or she could see those efforts. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6648877.html?nid=3637 Austin, Texas-based Alliance Tech, a company that provides RFID-enabled event measurement, recently bought Boston-based nTAG, which has a focus on face-to-face social networking technology and created the first interactive name badge. The sale was a fortuitous one for both companies: nTAG was in bankruptcy, and Alliance Tech was looking to branch into the type of technology nTAG offered. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6646430.html?nid=3637 One way tradeshow companies could make an investment in technology to get ahead of the pack now, instead of waiting for the economy to take a turn for the better, would be to take a good, hard look at their shows’ Web sites and ask themselves, “Do they all seamlessly, successfully serve attendees and exhibitors, as well as the company itself?” Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6644992.html?nid=3637 When people talk about new marketing strategies lately, the conversation almost always includes discussions about social media tools, such as Facebook and Twitter. Cherilyn Stringer, partner in New York-based Global Village Marketing, will speak at the MeetingTechOnline Summit. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6644991.html?nid=3637 Social networking tools have evolved to such a point that buyers and sellers not only are able to connect before, during and after a show – even “spotting” each other on a showfloor with handheld devices – but also everyone has the opportunity to use the technology to network. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6635964.html?nid=3637 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:42:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6628922.html?nid=3637 The SMG-managed Ontario (Calif.) Convention Center will make business a little easier to get done in penny-pinching times by expanding its technology services to include webinars and webcasting. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6626701.html?nid=3637 When people talk about greening in the meetings and convention industry, the topic usually is hand-in-hand with another one – the cost of doing so. That's no surprise when some greening features do cost a little more than their traditional counterparts. Until now, the extra charges haven't kept the trend from spreading, with more and more meetings and conventions opting to green the events. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6619286.html?nid=3637 Hopefully, by now, people have gotten past their initial trepidation regarding virtual tradeshows and the fear that somehow attendees and exhibitors would decide to bypass meeting face-to-face in favor of a cold, hard, online handshake. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6619289.html?nid=3637 There are new products and services constantly being offered for show managers and their customers – many of whom likely will be on the showfloor Dec. 10 at Expo! Expo! Intl. Assn. of Exhibition and Events' Annual Meeting & Exhibition at the Miami Beach (Fla.) Convention Center. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6619294.html?nid=3637 The Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events wants to ensure its members are utilizing the Web to its fullest capacity. That's why the association's for-profit subsidiary, IAEE Services, has partnered with IndustryConnect, which offers a broad range of e-media solutions, to offer members a new option for an online community experience for their events and throughout the year. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST