DALLAS — The Exhibition Services & Contractors Association is helping job seekers connect to their next position with the launch of its new Employment Resources Portal. The job search tool is available at no charge to members and those seeking reemployment in the exhibition industry. There are also union links
PARIS — According to new economic impact figures just released by UFI, the global exhibition and trade show industry contracted by 68% in 2020, compared to 2019, resulting in a loss of 2.4 million full-time jobs. The numbers are of historic proportion: UFI’s Global Exhibition Barometer saw $224 billion of
NEW YORK – Emerald, owner of Surf Expo, celebrated another key milestone for both the organization and the expositions industry as a whole. Surf Expo, the largest and longest-running watersports and beach lifestyle marketplace, successfully staged its winter event January 6-8, 2021, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
TAMPA BAY, Fla. – Many trade show executives will be watching Super Bowl LV carefully, and it’s not just this year’s matchup of the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa that is of interest. This year’s big game will include 25,000 fans, 7,500 of which are
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Industry experts agree that effective COVID-19 rapid testing is the key to restarting trade shows. The Biden administration is committed to making rapid home tests available. It has awarded a $231.8 million contract to Ellume Limited, an Australian company that can send results to a smartphone within
The model for trade shows has been basically the same for decades: connecting buyers and sellers in a physical location. The value proposition also hasn’t changed much: leads, leads, leads. Then along came COVID-19, and trade show organizers were forced to take their shows online. While panelists at a recent
WARWICK, N.Y. — The numbers are staggering. Since the beginning of March 2020 and through the end of the year, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in $492 billion in cumulative losses for the U.S. travel economy, equating to a daily loss of approximately $1.6 billion. The virus has brought trade
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After 30 years at Louisville Tourism, President & CEO Karen Williams has announced that she will retire at the end of June. Her accomplishments in the industry are many, from her start 40 years ago as a sales manager at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlanta, where she
ATLANTA — A group of industry partners have announced the release of Version 2 of the best-practice guide, AllSecure, which is perfectly timed with the ramped-up vaccination efforts and a new presidential administration in the U.S. The new guidelines — a collaboration between SISO and Clarion Events, Emerald, Informa Markets,
CHICAGO — The “city that works” is working on the 2021 events industry return through its Healthy Meetings Chicago Phase 1 initiative. A series of interactive videos explain the health and safety measures taken to ensure the wellbeing of attendees, staff and exhibitors for meetings, conventions or events at McCormick