NEW YORK – Emerald’s new brand-building division, Xcelerator, takes an immersive approach toward creating and building brands, with the ultimate goal of curating year-round communities in emerging and high-growth markets through face-to-face events and digital experiences. “Our use of the word brand is purposeful,” Issa Jouaneh, Executive Vice President of
LONDON, U.K. — Trade show industry veteran Yancy Weinrich recently was named to a newly created position at CloserStill Media: President of North America. In her new role, Weinrich will direct a planned expansion of doubling the size of the business within two years and take charge of high-growth acquisitions
LAS VEGAS — When the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) closed its doors in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the facility management had one overriding question they needed to answer: How could they keep everyone safe when they reopened and began hosting events that would see thousands
CINCINNATI — Fern is once again putting trade show exhibitor success first with a new partnership with Stephan Murtagh, The Exhibition Guy. The Fern Exhibitor Success Program is a series of custom webinars, as well as coaching, that trade show and event organizers can provide for their exhibitors to help
SEATTLE — Visit Seattle recently named Tammy Blount-Canavan its new President and CEO, marking the first time in history the organization has appointed a woman to the position. Blount-Canavan replaced Tom Norwalk, who recently retired after leading Visit Seattle for more than 15 years. “I am humbled to carry the
DETROIT – Top electric vehicle and energy industry leaders have been appointed to the EV Exchange Conference Advisory Board, and Visit Detroit and ASM Global have signed on as partnering sponsors. The brainchild of MAD Event Management and Sitarian Corporation, The Electric Vehicle + Energy Infrastructure Innovation & Sustainability Exchange (the
LOS ANGELES — On Earth Day, the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), owned by the City of Los Angeles announced a ban on single-use plastic bottles throughout the facility. LACC’s exclusive food and beverage partner, Levy Restaurants, has replaced single-use plastic bottles with aluminum bottles throughout cafés and catering operations.
CHICAGO — The reach of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) on business events has expanded since the pandemic, in two different ways. The key to its reach, however, lies in the language of the law. Show organizers have always had to make their content accessible, but with the return
ARLINGTON, Va. — There are big changes at the world’s biggest nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of uncrewed systems, robotics and autonomy. The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) announced a partnership with Messe Düsseldorf North America, Inc. (MDNA) to co-host its XPONENTIAL trade show, the world’s leading
NEW YORK — Vision Expo East 2022 returned to New York City from March 31-April 3 for the first time since 2019, welcoming over 360 exhibitors from around the world to the Javits Center. “We returned to in-person shows in 2021 with Vision Expo East in Orlando, Fla., and then
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