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 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Thu, 15 May 2008 03:19:59 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6554190.html?nid=3637 Before attending a tradeshow in a new city, attendees increasingly go to the housing registration page of the event's Web site for answers to their questions. Assistant Editor Stephanie Corbin asked a few housing registration providers what other information, besides details about the hotel room they've booked, would be helpful for attendees to have on the housing section of a show's Web site. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6554203.html?nid=3637 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/CA6547100.html?nid=3637 Amit Das, Worldwide Business Research USA's managing director, said his company's purchase of eComXpo, a virtual tradeshow for e-commerce marketers, was a first for more than just one reason. Yes, it does appear to be the first acquisition of a virtual tradeshow. And, according to Das, the purchase will allow WBR to spin a virtual show off from one of its physical ones for the fist time. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6542142.html?nid=3637 IML, a subsidiary of Canton, Mass.-based Computershare that supplies interactive audience response systems for tradeshows and meetings, has acquired Machine Dreams, another company that supplies the same kind of service. It is IML's third acquisition of a potential competitor since January. Financial terms were not disclosed, according to Simon Bryan, operations manager for IML North America. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6532914.html?nid=3637 In the past, the responsibility to somehow quantify the ROI for exhibitors at a show rested squarely on the shoulders of the show manager. After all, if the exhibitors weren't happy ... the show would cease to exist. Now, another player is stepping into the ROI arena in an effort to please exhibitors. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6523419.html?nid=3637 NTAG has landed seven new deals with one contract. A partnership agreement made in early January between the provider of event data management services and Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment puts nTAG equipment on site at all seven of the gaming resort company's Las Vegas properties. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6513522.html?nid=3637 ASAE & The Center for Assn. Leadership will hold a two-day Assn. Technology Conference & Expo Jan. 31-Feb.1 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:46:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6509830.html?nid=3637 The latest charge to show managers: Turn your event into a 365-day-a-year experience. Keep it alive for the community you serve until they all return the following year. Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6500915.html?nid=3637 When SC07 , an international supercomputing conference and exhibition, cleared out of Reno, Nev., where it was held Nov. 12-16, it left a little something behind at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center: SCinet, one of the most powerful and connected networks in the world. It's an arrangement that benefits both the center and the show. Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6495574.html?nid=3637 GES Exposition Services got runner-up honors in Adobe's 2007 MAX Awards, honoring innovative uses of the company's software. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:42:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6493333.html?nid=3637 There is always room for concern when the No. 1 company in a field buys one of its closest competitors. But so far, Smart City’s purchase of Convention Communication Provisioners Inc., announced Oct. 11, hasn’t caused much alarm. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6488665.html?nid=3637 The ability to broadcast a product demo from a showfloor or a keynote address live on the Web is nothing new and offering the service at a convention center isn't either. What hasn't been seen before is a deal the size of one struck recently between Smart City and iStreamPlanet to make the service more widespread. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6491025.html?nid=3637 The Las Vegas Convention Center is the latest to offer customers free wireless hotspots. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:11:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6479917.html?nid=3637 The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Assn. Intl., George Little Management and Alliance Consulting Strategies will collaborate to produce the Event Technology Expo at HSMAI's Affordable Meetings Natl. in Washington D.C. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6479923.html?nid=3637 LA Inc., the convention and visitors bureau of Los Angeles, has launched a new Web site designed, in part, to make booking meetings in the city easier. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:28:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6479035.html?nid=3637 NMR Staging & Events has invested in the power of sound. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:13:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6464167.html?nid=3637 BDMetrics, a Baltimore, Md.-based company, introduced Tradeshow TV, a communication resource for tradeshow organizers that transforms content such as press releases, announcements and videos into a media experience before and after the event. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:06:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6462587.html?nid=3637 At any given time, during any given show, people drift in and out of exhibitors' booths. Some attendees allow their registration cards to be swiped, but many don't, even though they might spend a significant amount of time in the booth and are clearly interested in the products available there. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6462588.html?nid=3637 A few new items specifically intended for the tradeshow exhibitor have entered the pipeline in recent months. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6463886.html?nid=3637 High Point Market managers today unveiled a redesigned Web site, www.highpointmarket.org. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:38:00 MST