WASHINGTON, D.C. — The new advocacy group Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance (ECA) has named three executives from some of the industry’s leading organizations to leadership positions on its Board of Directors. Hervé Sedky, CEO of EmeraldX, will serve as the Chair of the Board; Megan Tanel, CEM, Senior Vice President
LAS VEGAS – Nevada has increased the permissible capacity for large gatherings from 20% to 50%. These changes were adopted in Emergency Directive 041, signed by Governor Steve Sisolak. Under Directive 041, if an organizer wants to host a large gathering or event, including conferences, conventions, and trade shows, with more than
How will trade show organizers position themselves for growth after the COVID-19 pandemic? Once travel bans, stay-at-home orders, and prohibitions on group meetings started taking hold, organizers that were able flipped to a virtual format out of sheer necessity. However, only 38% of respondents to a recent PCMA Compass report
Updated March 18, 2021: Informa Markets is busy putting preparations in place for World of Concrete (WOC), the first large show to return to Las Vegas June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). The industry is celebrating this positive news as WOC is the first large-scale trade show
LONDON — Mobile World Congress (MWC), known as the biggest show of the wireless industry, is ambitiously planning to welcome 50,000 people, approximately half of its typical attendance, to Barcelona’s Fira Gran Via venue in late June of this year. Last year, when MWC canceled its 2020 show scheduled for
BRUSSELS — A digital vaccine green pass is the key to reviving cross-border tourism and exhibitions — and it’s coming soon. The European Commission is expected to roll out a first draft of the legislation on March 17. According to various reports, the new digital passport will list whether a
BERLIN — The trade fair industry in Germany has united in demanding immediate attention from the government so that they can get back to business. Last May, the German government officially excluded exhibitions from the category of “mass gatherings,” giving states the authority to move forward with trade shows. Little
DALLAS — GES has introduced an Interactive Global Event Tracker that covers key trade show cities and event attendance for the past 90 days, indicating where live events are occurring with green, yellow, and red color indicators. Green indicates cities are open to events of more than 2,000 attendees, yellow
CHICAGO — Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) looks to be one of 2021’s success stories, kicking off the year January 6-8 with Surf Expo. Then February Fashion Week saw the co-location of three fashion industry shows at OCCC: Tarsus Group’s OFFPRICE Orlando Market exhibition, Informa’s MAGIC Pop Up Orlando
MADRID — IFEMA, the Institución Ferial de Madrid, which is charged with the organization of fairs, halls and congresses in the city, has received a significant boost from the Spanish government with the designation of its International Tourism Fair, FITUR, as an Event of Exceptional Public Interest for 2021. Not only