This Just In
Washington, DC – Are convention center feasibility studies way off the mark when they encourage cities to expand their convention facilities? According to a report scheduled to be released on Monday by the Brookings Institution, there is currently a glut of convention center space around the country and few cities can expect to capture anywhere near […]
Rochester, MN – Exhibitor magazine has been covering the event industry within the pages of its monthly magazine during the past year, but starting next month, Lee Knight, Founder & CEO, plans to spin it off into a separate quarterly publication called Corporate EVENT magazine. And the new magazine is just the beginning. Knight also plans to launch […]
Phase II of the expansion will begin in 2006, creating approximately 570,000 square feet of exhibition and meeting space. When completed in 2008, Phase I and Phase II of the expansion will form one contiguous underground exhibition hall of over 300,000 square feet. Phase III starts in early 2009 and will entail an interior renovation of the […]
New Orleans – Research conducted for the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center of New Orleans concluded that the facility should continue with plans to expand. The convention market research study updates a 2000 study and took into account the changes that have taken place since then including 9-11 and the economic downturn. The expansion would add […]
Washington, DC- Reba Pittman Walker will join the Washington Convention Center Authority as Deputy General Manager on January 3rd, according to an announcement made today by Tom Mobley, General Manager & CEO. Pittman Walker was part of the team that opened the first Washington Convention Center in 1982 and is currently the President of the Hotel […]
Los Angeles – Howard Friedman has joined VNU Expositions as Group Show Director of the ASD/AMD Merchandise Group, announced Sam Bundy, Group President. Friedman has an extensive background in trade shows and marketing. He was a marketing and business development consultant; a Vice President at Reed Exhibitions, responsible for shows in the manufacturing, packaging, beverage and […]
Atlanta -John Zinn will retire from his position as Senior Vice President of the International Woodworking Machinery and Supply Fair (IWF) at the end of December. He has been with the organization since 1981 and oversaw the show’s smooth transition from Louisville, KY to Atlanta, GA in 1984. Most of Zinn’s responsibilities will be assumed by […]
Following the acquisition, MGM Mirage will own the nation’s largest hotel exhibition center — the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino which offers 934,731 square feet of prime exhibit space. Mandalay Bay is also the ninth largest exhibition facility in the U.S., according to Trade Show Executive magazine’s Directory of the World’s Top Convention Centers. MGM Mirage will also own […]
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Commerce has named a record 42 shows to its International Buyer Program for its 2006 fiscal year, which begins October 2005. This is a significant increase over the 36 events selected for 2005 and the 28 chosen in 2004. The growth was made possible by a reorganization that brought […]
Washington, DC – On December 8th, the Washington, DC Convention Center unveiled a historic Safety and Substance Abuse Prevention Program that will take effect in three weeks. Here’s how labor unions, local service contractors and center officials made it happen — and why it outshines other agreements on substance testing. Starting January 1, 2005, all contractors providing […]
