This Just In
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 a Webinar on event audits and surveys to be held Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. […]
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 at no additional cost to advertisers in that issue. Each participating advertiser will receive a […]
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 down in history as one of the nation’s largest b-to-b media transactions in the past 11 […]
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. The donation was made specifically for the annual CEIR Index, which WSA CEO Skip Farber […]
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 and knocked out power to the Waikiki hotel district that is also home to the […]
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 events in the boating and skiing sectors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Jordan, […]
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 involved in the transaction and the principals did not disclose the amount of cash or […]
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 key trends that are having an impact on the global exhibition industry and to develop […]
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 E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont with its exclusive general service contractor, Rosemont Exposition Services, […]
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 divisions, Ed Shartar, the company’s chief executive officer, says the integration of services and divisions […]
