This Just In
Ventura, CA – AGI Events, a division of Affinity Group, Inc., has acquired six consumer shows from Las Vegas-based Plus Events. The sportsmen and home and garden shows will be combined with AGI’s April launch of the Pomona RV and Lifestyle Show to form a southwest regional group for the company. AGI president Steve Hedlund says the division, […]
Chicago, IL – U.S. businesses spend $15 billion annually on proprietary corporate events and another $21 billion on trade show marketing, according to Ruth Stevens, president of eMarketing Strategy and author of Trade Show and Event Marketing. Stevens will chair the American Marketing Association’s Hot Topic Series on Strategic Event Marketing in Los Angeles (April 7th), Chicago […]
Maynard, MA – Total marketing spend for the year is forecasted to reach $1.047 trillion, matching the combined spending for financial services and insurance for the same period, according to Marketing 2006, compiled by Blackfriars Communications, Inc. However, the report predicted that early 2006 spending will be timid. The report also found that 2006 bodes poorly […]
Detroit – Making presentations is a way of life for trade show managers, CVBs and other industry executives. But trotting out the old Power Point charts and graphs might not always give you the edge you need to sell your show, your services or your city. Just ask Detroit. With an auto industry facing challenges and […]
Las Vegas, NV –Barry Rappaport has been promoted to executive vice president of sales for Freeman’s exposition services division. For the past three years, he was executive VP and COO for Freeman’s Western Region, and was instrumental in building Freeman’s existing show services and implementing new services, including Freeman’s electrical services offering in Nevada and […]
Rosemont, IL – Peter Lombardi, executive director of the Rosemont Convention Bureau for the past 21 years, has retired. Grant Bailey, Assistant Executive Director of Sales/Marketing for the Donald E. Stephens Convention and Conference Center in Rosemont, is moving over to the convention bureau to take over the reigns. Lombardi had been executive director at the […]
Reno, NV – Ellen Oppenheim will head up the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA) as president/CEO. She succeeds Jeff Beckelman who was at the helm of the RSCVA for the past three years and left in September to become president and CEO of the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority. Oppenheim recently held […]
New Orleans – A portion of the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans reopened in February, almost six weeks ahead of the projected April 1 target date. The Helen Brett Gift & Jewelry Show, held in New Orleans for 54 years, will hold the first post-Katrina event at the center beginning, Feb. 17. The last […]
Chicago – The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau (CCTB) has tapped an executive with a strong sales and marketing background in the hotel sector to be its new President. Tim Roby, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Kerzner International Resorts, will join the CCTB on April 3rd, taking on the top role that has […]
Palm Beach Gardens, FL –In order to broaden its reach into the human resources community, LRP Publications acquired HRO World Conferences and Expositions from Unicomm LLC and Outsourcing Today LLC last week. The portfolio includes New York HR Week, LA HR Week and HRO World Europe. Berkery Noyes & Co. LLC represented Unicomm and Outsourcing Today in the transaction; LRP represented itself. The […]
