Industry News

Chicago, IL – TS², the premier show owned/organized by National Trade Productions and sponsored by the Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA), has partnered for the first time with the International Association of Exhibitions & Events (IAEE). The aim is to extend the reach

Mexico City, Mexico – Messe Frankfurt announced the launch of a new trade show in Mexico next year that will showcase recycling and waste-management technologies. Waste & Recycling Expo Mexico will launch March 10-12 at the CEIC World Trade Center in Mexico

Dallas, TX – E-mails are a nearly unanimous marketing choice for trade show organizers, and 40% of the executives who responded to the Digital + Exhibiting Marketing Insights survey released June 4 said digital marketing was, in fact, vital to the execution of

Munich, Germany – Small businesses are seen as an untapped pool of customers for European trade shows, and organizers can take steps to accommodate the needs of large companies and international exhibitors, industry experts said at a recent seminar presented by

London, England – Reed Business Information (RBI) has agreed in principle to sell its UK Travel Publishing Group to Clive Jacobs, an entrepreneur who will use the portfolio as the basis of TW Group Ltd. The UK Travel Publishing Group consists

Toronto, Ontario – Three Australian trade shows were put up for sale by dmg world media along with a dozen trade shows and consumer events held in New Zealand. The planned divestitures announced July 7 were the latest step in dmg’s

Detroit, MI – Michigan lawmakers approved a plan to expand Detroit’s Cobo Center and prevent its marquee event, the North American International Auto Show, from relocating to a venue with more elbow room. A package of bills passed June 26 will turn

New York, NY – Plans to renovate and expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City by 100,000 square feet, including 40,000 square feet of exhibit space, have been given the green light to proceed. Gov. David Paterson

Frankfurt, Germany – Messe Frankfurt Group said June 30 that 2008 was its most successful year ever with a new sales record of €440 million and a consolidated net income of €36 million. The company hosted a total of 102 trade

Rockville, MD – Access Intelligence LLC (AI) has acquired Contexo Media, a Salt Lake City, UT company that produces educational events as well as books and software for the medical billing industry. Contexo will become a separate division of Access Intelligence