Industry News

The Hague, The Netherlands – The third edition of the International CEO Forum will be held January 19–21, 2005, at the Hotel Arts Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. The annual, invitation-only event is targeted to the CEOs of exhibition organizers and provides them the

Irving, TX – Hanley Wood, LLC has acquired the assets of  StonExpo in an agreement with the StonExpo Federation and the Marble Institute of America. The purchase expands Hanley Wood’s presence in the residential and commercial construction industry. HW’s exhibitions division currently organizes

Vancouver, BC –  Last week, the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (VCEC) broke ground on an expansion that will triple the facility’s exhibition and meeting space.  The  ceremony was attended by numerous government figures, including  the Honorable Gordon Campbell, Premier of

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Norwalk, CT – Reed Exhibitions has acquired the Automated Manufacturing & Productivity Expositions (AM EXPO) from Technical Exhibitions and Conferences, Inc. (TEC). The regional events, which have been held in Greenville, SC; Worcester, MA; and Cincinnati, OH, focus on automated manufacturing, assembly systems

Boston – Proximus B2B LLC has acquired the Retail Systems Alert Group’s Retail Systems Conference & Exposition. Kevin Condon, Proximus CEO, has been appointed CEO of the Retail Systems Alert Group. Tom Friedman, the group’s President, will retain his management position, as will

Washington, DC – Commenting on the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry’s integral part of the economic and social landscape, Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams encouraged citizens to consider how much influence this industry has had on both local and national economic

Orlando, FL – Meeting planners expect to host more meetings in the next 12 months than in the previous year, according to new research by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell, a national advertising, marketing, research and pr firm that specializes in

Orange, CA – dmg world media acquired Seascape Production’s San Diego Interior Design & Landscape Expo on Oct. 29th. The 2004 event, held at the San Diego Convention Center, featured 500 exhibits in 140,000 net square feet of space.  The purchase

London – A consortium of partners, led by global trade show organizer Montgomery, announced today the purchase of  Expo Center NASREC in Johannesburg, South Africa, nearly four years after it went into liquidation. Montgomery now has a 75% controlling interest in