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 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Wed, 14 May 2008 02:00:38 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6552763.html?nid=3641 For the first time, Messe Duesseldorf's Newcast, held June 23-25, 2009, will have a pavilion for metalcasters from the United States, Canada and Mexico. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:34:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6549591.html?nid=3641 Mark Yuska, president of the new Arlington, Va.-based Alliance Exposition Services, is offering customers something a general service contractor rarely does: a bill of rights. “I wanted to hit on every area,” Yuska said of the 10 rights. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6549599.html?nid=3641 Four successful shows and multiple Tradeshow Week Fastest 50 wins later, EH Publishing still isn't through. The publisher and tradeshow management firm has formed a new subsidiary, Assn. Event Ventures, to organize shows and integrated media platforms for the association market. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6547103.html?nid=3641 After Sept. 11, the exhibition industry went into an economic downturn that, along with the larger economy, had actually begun some time in advance of the terrorist attacks themselves. The resulting “perfect storm” of travel restrictions, coupled with a reluctance to gather in large public assembly halls, spelled disaster for exhibitions. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6547108.html?nid=3641 Bumps in the road turn everybody into economics majors. There are people who wouldn't be caught dead anywhere close to the business section of their local paper in good times who are now spouting off about credit crunches, discount windows and something called a Freddie-blessed mortgage-backed security. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6545108.html?nid=3641 LAS VEGAS—New guidelines governing the safety inspection process for temporary structures have caused the managers of at least two major tradeshows here to lose sleep recently. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6545110.html?nid=3641 Later this week, Tradeshow Week adds another electronic publication to its stable. Launching April 2, the biweekly TSW MedShow Report will begin supplying readers with news and information focusing specifically on health care and medical tradeshows and meetings. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6545111.html?nid=3641 In preparing for a new electronic publication, TSW MedShow Report, just days away from launching, we've spent a fair amount of time recently explaining it to people we are contacting for interviews. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6545113.html?nid=3641 Yet another industry event is jumping on the green bandwagon. Sustainability is a new feature at this year's Springtime Expo April 3 at the Washington (D.C.) Convention Center. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6542137.html?nid=3641 Health care tradeshows experienced modest growth in 2007 with net square footage up 2 percent, number of exhibiting companies up 0.9 percent and professional attendance up 3.1 percent. Compared with 2006, when square footage increased 0.7 percent, exhibiting companies were up 2.9 percent and attendance was up 7. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533811.html?nid=3641 In what could be a harbinger of things to come in turbulent economic times, both Apple and Avid Technology have decided not to exhibit at NAB April 11-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6533818.html?nid=3641 A report from Hong Kong-based Business Strategies Group found that, even as more of China's economic sectors are privatized, trade associations continue to play an important role in business events in that country, with some organizing major events of their own. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6532910.html?nid=3641 In the tradeshow business, the fourth quarter is typically the quietest of the year. October, November and December bring with them unpredictable winter storms, extreme temperatures and holiday festivities that claim the attention of would-be exhibitors and attendees at fall and winter shows. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6527047.html?nid=3641 Few would disagree with Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events President Steven Hacker, who said, “The transformation of China is one of the most remarkable events in history,” during closing ceremonies of the China Expo Forum for Intl. Cooperation (CEFCO) Jan. 14-16. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6527054.html?nid=3641 The Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events has called on the U.S. government for increased support of free trade, which it said would in turn be a boost for the tradeshow industry. In a recently released policy statement, IAEE asked the U.S. Congress to extend the President's authority to negotiate trade treaties that are subject to congressional approval. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6524800.html?nid=3641 According to preliminary figures, 27,000 people from 98 countries attended the Intl. Assn. of Amusement Parks and Attractions' IAAPA Attractions Expo 2007. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6518257.html?nid=3641 Associations listen more and more to membership demands to find new markets for their products and services. In response, many based in North America are stretching overseas with conferences, conventions and tradeshows. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6518259.html?nid=3641 Arguably, medical meetings are the most important sector of the convention industry. Year in and year out, medical and health care events comprise the No. 1 category in terms on the number of shows listed in the Tradeshow Week Data Book. This year, 539 medical tradeshows with at least 5,000 net square feet of exhibit space will take place in the United States and Canada. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6518191.html?nid=3641 The Society of the Plastics Industry will be an official sponsor of Plastimagen Mexico 2008, to be held April 8-11 at Centro Banamex in Mexico City. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:54:00 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6515774.html?nid=3641 The New Year brings information on new shows, as well as date changes and cancellations, spanning the globe from London to Karachi, Pakistan. The U.S. children's wear tradeshow Bubble New York will have a spin-off, Bubble London, at London's Olympia Two Jan. 22-23 with about 60 exhibitors. Organizing the launch of Bubble in Europe is Kidding Consulting of New York. 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