This Just In
AUSTIN — Personify, Inc. (“Personify”) — which partners with mission-driven organizations to bring people and ideas together at events — recently launched a reimagined mobile app to complement its A2Z Events product suite. The full-tier event management platform combines a front end portal that customers use to engage with show attendees, exhibitors and sponsors with […]
CHICAGO — IPW 2025, held by U.S. Travel Association, welcomed more than 5,000 attendees from 64 countries to McCormick Place in Chicago for its annual trade show. This year IPW featured more than 950 exhibitors across nearly 150,000 square feet of exhibit space — up from 2024’s 142,000 square feet. With the overarching goal of […]
CHICAGO — Amanda White, Conference Content Director at Informa Markets, was recognized as a 2025 Trade Show Executive (TSE) Trailblazer. She is an impactful change-maker and helped reorganize the conference content process at Informa’s SupplySide events to create a seamless, effective experience. TSE spoke with White about her start in the events industry, how she revolutionized […]
CHICAGO — The numbers are in from various DMOs and CVBs from around the country revealing the visitation numbers and economic impact of tourism and conventions in U.S. cities from 2024. Some cities put up impressive numbers, increasing their total visitation year-over-year (YOY), and collectively they saw an increase in the number of international visitors […]
CHICAGO — Trade Show Executive (TSE) took home some hardware at the 2025 Azbee Awards of Excellence, presented by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). This year the Azbee Awards received more than 800 entries and is one of the most competitive awards programs for B2B media. Highlighting excellence in editorial, online and […]
Update: January 2, 2025 at 12:50 Central Standard Time New Orleans & Company sends its deepest condolences to the loved ones and victims of the terrorist attack in our city in the early morning of New Year’s Day. It is heartbreaking to learn the names, see the photos and hear the stories of the victims. Let […]
CHICAGO — This year’s lineup of Trade Show Executive (TSE) Power Lunches was full of heavy hitters, from association executives to show managers to facility leaders and suppliers, their wide-ranging expertise and perspectives brought new ideas, tales of innovation, future-forward insights and leadership inspiration to the TSE community. As we head into the new year, […]
CHICAGO — The inaugural edition of Newtopia Now, held in Denver this year and produced by Informa Markets’ New Hope Network, wowed attendees with numerous offsite experiences, including events at Meow Wolf and Red Rocks. Trade Show Executive (TSE) spoke with Jessica Rubino, Vice President, Content and Summits at New Hope Network, to learn about […]
CHICAGO — The numbers tell the story, 2,700 exhibitors occupying 1.32 million net square feet of space, attracting 48,000 attendees and 29,500 exhibitor personnel. The 2024 PACK EXPO International at McCormick Place in Chicago, produced by the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI), was a resounding success — the largest show in its history […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the 2024 election, Republicans took control of the White House and the U.S. Senate. According to Reuters, they likely won a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives too. In the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance’s (ECA) ECA Votes post-election recap webinar, Tommy Goodwin, ECA Vice President, and Austin O’Boyle, Vice […]
