Industry News

Miami Beach, FL – The International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) achieved a major goal of re-establishing a Summer event when it struck a partnership deal with National Trade Productions (NTP) which owns TS² – Total Solutions Marketing for the Exhibit

Chicago, IL – The Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA) will begin the New Year in the midst of an online survey that will forecast trade show activity in 2009 and gauge exhibitors’ attitudes toward attendance audits. A major portion of the

Seattle, WA – A request to greatly expand the exhibit space at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center (WSCTC) in Seattle will likely come before the state legislature this Winter. The management of the state-owned facility says it is losing

Las Vegas, NV – MGM Mirage sold the venerable Treasure Island Hotel & Casino, located across the street from Sands Expo Center, to Kansas real estate mogul Phil Ruffin for $775 million. The largely cash deal trims MGM’s still-hefty portfolio of

Atlanta, GA – NürnbergMesse North America opened a new office in Atlanta in December. The new facility at 400 Interstate North Parkway will serve as the new headquarters for the North American subsidiary that Germany-based NürnbergMesse GmbH launched in 2007. The

New York, NY – The investment banking firm DeSilva+Phillips is helping media companies take some proactive steps to avoid trouble in the developing economic downturn by creating a new team dedicated to helping companies restructure their operations. The Operational Restructuring practice

Las Vegas, NV – An advisory vote passed by Clark County voters on November 4 did not mean that the Las Vegas hotel room tax would be increased, but it did open the door for such a move in the near

Marco Island, FL – Doug Ducate, the president and CEO of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), added another award to his long list of honors when he received the Hazel Hays Award from the Exhibit Designers and Producers Association (EDPA)

Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas Sands Corp. said it had rearranged its development priorities and secured $2.1 billion in new financing through a stock offering to help the company weather a global economic downturn that it expects to include a

Anaheim, CA – Tourism officials in Anaheim said the wildfire that devastated parts of Orange County over the weekend did not disrupt convention and tourism activities in the city. The fire, which was largely contained November 18, erupted in Brea, Yorba