Industry News

New York, NY – The drive toward event and exhibit accountability continues to heat up for  corporate marketing executives.  Better information helps them make better strategic and tactical decisions. With that goal in mind, Exhibit Surveys and BPA Worldwide have scheduled

Carlsbad, CA – Find out if your advertising is working through a research study that will be conducted by Trade Show Executive  and Harvey Research on our July 2007 issue.   Trade Show Executive is sponsoring a Harvey Research Internet Ad-Q ad study in the July 2007 issue

Cleveland, OH – Prism Business Media Holdings signed an agreement on November 2 to acquire Penton Media  in a deal that was valued at $530 million and was expected to close in the first half of 2007. The deal will go

Encino, CA – An unexpected $1 million donation from the World Shoe Association (WSA) has opened the door for an expansion of the CEIR Exhibition Industry Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) for the past three years.

Honolulu, HI – The Hawaii Convention Center was fully operational within a day of a strong earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale that rattled the entire Hawaiian Islands chain on October 15th. The Sunday morning quake shook the islands awake

New York, NY – The Action Pursuit Group, an operating company of Apprise Enthusiast Media, publisher of Drag Racer and  Drifting magazine,  has acquired Action Media, which organizes 20 annual events serving the automotive tuner and sports compact performance market as well as other consumer

Trumbull, CT – JD Events will acquire the trade show assets of NetWorld Alliance in a deal that the two companies term a strategic agreement which will strengthen their mutual position in the kiosk and self-service industry. There was no broker

Barcelona, Spain – Major global issues  affecting the trade show industry  are the focus of the 5th International CEO Forum for Exhibition Organisers to be held January  24-26 in Barcelona. Leading experts will present trends, data and analysis to help CEOs identify the

Rosemont, IL – The new collective bargaining agreements recently announced between two labor unions and the general service contractors serving Chicago’s McCormick Place are also big news in Rosemont.  Terms of the contract also apply to shows held at the Donald

Denver, CO – At the company’s annual meeting in Denver today, the three divisions of Conferon Global Services (CGS)  including Conferon, ExpoExchange  and ITS have united under the single name Experient. While acknowledging the high equity in each of the former