Information for industry associations interested in face-to-face communication between buyers and sellers including lead retrieval, destination management, show organization and drayage. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/Tradeshows/47381.html?nid=3641 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:09:01 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6695342.html?nid=3641 Dmg world media has partnered with the Palm Beach Appraisers Assn. on five of its upcoming shows, including the Washington D.C. Antiques, Art & Jewelry Show; Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch Show; Original Miami Beach Antique Show; Las Vegas Antique, Jewelry & Watch Show; and New York Antique, Jewelry & Watch Show. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6676259.html?nid=3641 Gone are the times that just being one of the shows on the Tradeshow Week 200 automatically meant attendees would flock to the showfloor and exhibitors also would spend whatever money was needed to be there. The downturn on the economy not only has changed the behavior of attendees and exhibitors, but association tradeshow managers have had to rethink what they've offered people in the past to get them through the door. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6676265.html?nid=3641 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/CA6674722.html?nid=3641 The little guy got his chance at the Summer NAMM tradeshow July 17-19 in Nashville, Tenn. Despite the recession, business was good at the annual event, said Kevin Johnstone, director of tradeshows for NAMM, the Intl. Music Products Assn. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673807.html?nid=3641 In the wake of a financial meltdown, negative rhetoric from Washington, D.C., toward companies holding events after receiving bailout money, and the cancellations of thousands of meetings nationwide, promoting the value of face-to-face meetings and events has never been as critical, especially for industry associations. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673814.html?nid=3641 These days, everyone could use some good news. That’s exactly what 50 tradeshow managers recently received when they were informed their shows were among Tradeshow Week’s Fastest 50 winners this year. The shows will be recognized during the TSW Fastest 50 event Nov. 13-15 in Houston. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673816.html?nid=3641 Citing, among other things, high exhibitor costs and legacy labor rules in some cities as evidence, a group of tradeshow industry executives who gathered for a “think tank” session during TS² discussed changes in the way face-to-face marketing will be conducted in the future. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6670978.html?nid=3641 For more than a year and a half, Bob Harar and Steven Hacker have been building toward what they hoped would be the tradeshow industry's meeting place for show organizers and their exhibitors. They even picked the July 20-23 TS² in Chicago as the perfect starting place – and that may be exactly what it is: A good start. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668330.html?nid=3641 July is a busy month on the industry meeting calender, with Meeting Professionals Intl.’s and Exhibitor Appointed Contractor Assn.’s annual events on tap, as well as Natl. Trade Productions’ TS². First up is MPI’s World Education Congress July 11-14 in Salt Lake City. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668332.html?nid=3641 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/CA6667195.html?nid=3641 Attendance at the Natl. Assn. of Consumer Shows Annual Convention was slightly down, but NACS officials said the decline to approximately 115 attendees – about 50 fewer than last year – could be contributed to the head of the company attending, rather than several of the subordinates. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6667196.html?nid=3641 The Intl. Housewares Assn.'s Intl. Home & Housewares Show will be joined by the Travel Goods Assn.'s The Travel Goods Show beginning March 6-8, 2011, at Chicago's McCormick Place. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6667198.html?nid=3641 Natl. Trade Productions and its marketing company, theONswitch, is so determined to make sure as many people as possible connect with each other at TS², which is on tap July 20-23 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, that they’re using every social media trick in the book. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6666044.html?nid=3641 Meeting Professionals Intl.'s annual World Education Congress, a conference and exhibition to be held July 11-14 at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, will focus on the premise that meetings and events improve sales and organizational productivity. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6656678.html?nid=3641 The SIA SnowSports Show isn't just getting a new locale, it's getting a new name, too. After 37 years in Las Vegas, SnowSports Industries America will move its annual show to Denver, the heart of snow sports country. The show now known as the SIA Snow Show will be held Jan. 28-31 at the Colorado Convention Center. Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6650245.html?nid=3641 Macworld Conference & Expo is scheduled Feb. 9-13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, instead of in early January when it historically has taken place. The show also will break tradition with the inclusion of a Saturday date, according to the show's owner and production company, IDG World Expo. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6646419.html?nid=3641 The roller coaster of changes that the once-canceled, then reinvented and now resurrected Supercomm show has gone through plays out like a dramatic daytime soap opera, and, as with any good story, there's a new plot twist. Reed Exhibitions and E.J. Krause & Associates, through their Expocomm Events joint venture, will take over management of the show. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6646432.html?nid=3641 Despite continuous bad news about the economy, experts have been known to say that recession periods can bring about opportunities to adapt and streamline business and allow companies to position themselves well for when times are good again. Tradeshows also have that chance to delve deep and prune practices that haven’t served them as well as more innovative ideas could. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6644997.html?nid=3641 According to several exhibitors and attendees at the inaugural Newspaper Assn. of America mediaXchange, the conference and tradeshow for the advertising, management and infrastructure side of the newspaper industry, the event might have the right intentions, but there’s still room for improvement. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6643531.html?nid=3641 Health care shows held their own in 2008, taking into consideration the economic downturn, even if there were no major gains in any particular index, with net square footage up 0.6 percent, number of exhibiting companies down 0.5 percent and attendance up 0.1 percent. However, the industry may not be as resilient as previously thought by some. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST