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Los Angeles – A $750 million hotel project that will serve the Los Angeles Convention Center was announced today by KB Urban, a subsidiary of home builder KB Homes, and AEG, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, which owns or controls companies such as Staples Center, sports such the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), etc. The 54-story […]
Redhill, U.K. – dmg world media has acquired the rights to the biennial Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), one of the largest oil and natural gas exhibitions in the world. The 2004 event featured 1,225 companies from 53 countries worldwide. ADIPEC has been run by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), which is […]
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – VNU N.V. today named Chief Financial Officer Rob Ruijter as its interim chief executive officer, replacing Rob van den Bergh, who stepped down from both the CEO’s office and the company’s Executive Board. Ruijter, who joined the board in 2004, will remain in the CFO position. Today’s annual general shareholders meeting in […]
Carlsbad, CA — A looming hike in postage rates doesn’t necessarily mean an unwelcome bump in the cost of getting out the word about upcoming trade shows. Michael Hough, author of the book, The Profitable Trade Show, says show organizers can avoid seeing their bottom line unceremoniously pinched by the Postal Service by paying closer attention to […]
New York – American Business Media (ABM) launched an ambitious advertising campaign that emphasizes the power of B-to-B media as an important component of the marketing mix. ABM will invest seven figures in the campaign, the largest budget in ABM history. The catch phrase of the campaign is: “Business Media. Devoured by the Influential.” The campaign […]
Hingham, MA -William Coleman Casey, the chairman of Brede Exposition Services, passed away on June 7 at the age of 77 years. The senior Casey is survived by a large family that includes fellow Brede executives: William Casey III, president; Timothy Casey, senior vice president; and John Casey, vice chairman. Brede is a nationwide general services […]
Los Angeles, CA – Kevin O’Keefe has been named vice president of the Events Division at Canon Communications following the resignation of Diane O’Connor, whom Canon said resigned to pursue other interests. O’Keefe joined Canon in 1995 as trade show sales manager and played a major role in development of Canon’s co-location strategy and the launch […]
Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania Legislature approved an increase in funding for the expansion of Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The measure, which passed June 28, added $300 million to the project and will allow the city’s redevelopment agency to begin acquiring land for the expansion. Gov. Ed Rendell was expected to sign the bill in […]
Gainesville, FL – Advanstar Communications Executive Vice President Alex DeBarr left the company after 21 years to become to become president and CEO of Naylor LLC, a Florida provider of B2B business solutions for associations. DeBarr’s position at Advanstar involved management of most of the company’s portfolio of magazines, events and online products in a variety […]
Carlsbad, CA – Due to a growth of 84 percent in 2005, Trade Show Executive magazine has expanded into new offices, two miles away, at 2121 Palomar Airport Rd., Suite 210, Carlsbad, CA 92011-1422, effective June 5th. Two new staff members will be based out of Trade Show Executive’s Carlsbad headquarters office. Hil Anderson joined TSE as senior editor and will be responsible for […]
