This Just In
Reno, NV – Jeff Beckelman, President and CEO of the Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, announced today that he has accepted the position of President and CEO for the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority. Beckelman had headed the RSCVA for the past three years. A board meeting will be held tomorrow and the […]
Charlotte, NC– Wachovia Capital Partners has acquired George E. Fern Co., a general service contractor and event producer based in Cincinnati, OH. The deal officially closed September 15th. The nearly $70 million acquisition was Wachovia’s first venture into the exposition industry. Four days later, Wachovia also purchased an equity stake in Champion Exposition Services, based in Middleboro, […]
New Orleans, LA – Attendees of EMS EXPO and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) regularly attend educational sessions and view exhibits at this annual event. What they usually don’t expect is first-hand experience. Hurricane Katrina was expected to slam the Gulf Coast within hours of the show’s end on August 27th at the Ernest N. Morial Convention […]
(second in a series) Houston, TX – When the city of Houston agreed to accept more than 20,000 hurricane evacuees, show managers had to scramble to relocate their events from the George R. Brown Convention Center. While some groups cancelled, Reed Exhibitions’ La Cumbre—the premier travel industry conference for the sales and marketing of travel to […]
Join the industry’s leading experts tomorrow, September 13th for a dynamic half-day summit and the unveiling of the latest CEIR Exhibition Industry Index, the industry’s foremost benchmark of exhibition performance. See why experts are calling 2004 the year of the turnaround and 2005 a year of growth. Learn how the industry has performed overall and […]
Washington, DC — Finally, some official good news on trade show growth, based on facts not spin. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research released its 2nd Annual Exhibition Industry Index on September 13, which found that 2004 was a year of recovery for the trade show industry. Overall exhibition industry performance surpassed the base line of 100.0 established […]
As the industry comes to grips with both the human and business impact of the worst disaster to strike our nation and our industry, a number of industry associations, CVBs and individuals have rallied to the support of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Here is just a partial look at the outpouring of support. As […]
New York, NY – On October 3rd, eight weeks after Wasserstein & Co. LP announced plans to acquire Primedia Inc.’s business information segment, the sale was completed for $385 MIL in cash. Estimates place the multiple at 10.6x EBITDA. Wasserstein, along with investment partners Highfields Capital Management and Lexington Partners, acquired the business through PBI Media […]
New Orleans — The images of the devastation rendered by Hurricane Katrina tell the story of cities underwater, with buildings, roads and bridges destroyed. The category 4 storm first hit landfall Monday, August 29, with winds up to 140 mph. The hurricane traveled through the Gulf Coast region, with Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama suffering the most […]
Ontario, CA – The Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau announced on August 24th that veteran SMG manager Bob Brown has taken the helm as Executive Director and General Manager of the Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Ontario Convention Center, located 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Philadelphia-based SMG manages both the Ontario CVB […]
