New York, NY – The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center faces the prospect of a modest and final expansion as the State of New York moves toward a plan to renovate the building with a small amount of new exhibit space
London – Reed Elsevier Plc announced that it intends to sell the publishing unit of Reed Business Information but will retain Reed Exhibitions. Sir Crispin Davis, CEO of Reed Elsevier, told reporters in a conference call on February 21 that the company
Dallas, TX – Freeman expanded its marketing department Wednesday with the announcement that Carrie Freeman Parsons had been named chief marketing officer and Toby Purdy had been hired for the newly created position of senior vice president of marketing. Carrie Freeman
Manhasset, NY – CMP will acquire Vision Events®, a division of Gartner, Inc. which organizes invitation-only events for emerging technology vendors and buyers such as RetailVision, MidSize Enterprise and IT ChannelVision. The transaction is expected to close within two weeks.
Uncasville, CT – What makes a special event special? For three companies – Agway, W.B. Mason, and Bozzuto’s Inc. – the answer has more than a little to do with Mohegan Sun, the resort and casino in Uncasville, CT that hosts
San Juan, Puerto Rico -With more than $1 billion in public/private tourism investment, including the two-year-old Puerto Rico Convention Center, Puerto Rico is poised to make a run at snagging a bigger share of the trade show market. Its U.S.-based economy,
Dallas, TX and Baltimore, MD – Freeman and BD Metrics announced today that they have finalized a strategic partnership that will offer proprietary digital services for their mutual clients, beginning with new product development in 2008. Together, the two companies will
Palo Alto, CA – Marketing budgets in the U.S. will remain buoyant this year as 50% of the companies surveyed in a new poll by the Chief Marketing Officer Council (CMOC) said they planned increases in spending. At the same time,
Santa Monica, CA – After a six-month process of evaluations and interviews, the board of directors of the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) awarded a management contract to Shomex Productions and named Lew Shomer the executive director. Shomer was
Chicago, IL – Francis “Bud” Rebedeau, who founded the show and association management firm The Rebedeau Group in 1948, died January 7 at the age of 83. Rebedeau was chairman of the Chicago-area company and had been part of the exhibition
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