This Just In
Chicago, IL – Michael Bandy will step down as President and will leave the Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA) on March 31st, announced Sal Cavallaro, CME, Chairman of the Board of TSEA. Bandy joined the association in April 1987 as Director of Communications and was promoted to President in 1998. He plans to form an association […]
Washington, DC – The Board of Directors of the Washington Convention Center Authority agreed on Dec. 3rd to expand the meeting and ballroom capacity of the convention center by 75,000 square feet. It will also develop and own a 1,200-room headquarters hotel with 100,000 square feet of meeting and ballroom space. “This is a tremendous step […]
Washington, DC – Now you see it, soon you won’t. The “old” Washington Convention Center, which was built in 1983 between 9th and 11th Streets NW, will be imploded on December 18th at 7:30 a.m. The implosion sequence will begin in the middle of the structure and flow outward, creating a controlled descent of the structure over […]
Arlington, VA – In November, all eyes were on PACK EXPO in Chicago’s McCormick Place to see if it was really possible for a show with over 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space and 2,000 exhibiting companies to act as its own general contractor. Did it work? Will other show organizers attempt to become […]
New York, New York – A new bill approving the expansion of New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center was signed in a ceremony on December 8th at the exhibition center. Passed on Tuesday, the legislation authorizes funding for the more than $1 billion project, which will nearly double the exhibit space, significantly increase meeting space and […]
Redhill, Surrey, UK – dmg world media has acquired GasTech and the European Autumn Gas Conference (EAGC) from Turret Rai plc. The acquisitions expand dmg’s oil and gas portfolio to eight events and furthers the company’s strategy of extending the division into new international markets. GasTech is a biennial event, with the 2005 edition scheduled March 14–17 in Bilbao, Spain. It […]
Chicago, IL – The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) and the NPE Executive and Operations Committee have selected SmithBucklin to sell exhibit space and handle customer service, logistics and floor plan management for NPE 2006: The International Plastics Showcase. The last show, held in 2003 in Chicago, spanned 1,142,000 square feet of exhibit space. Barbara […]
Stamford, CT – Reed Exhibitions and sister company Elsevier Health Sciences have announced the formation of Reed Medical Education, a targeted health and medical events group that will focus on continuing medical education in specialty medical fields and emerging medical and healthcare disciplines. The group’s events will range from large global congresses to topic-specific regional symposia. Oncology World […]
The Hague, The Netherlands – The third edition of the International CEO Forum will be held January 19–21, 2005, at the Hotel Arts Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. The annual, invitation-only event is targeted to the CEOs of exhibition organizers and provides them the opportunity to discuss strategic issues and industry trends. The organizer of the forum, Seven “Paul” […]
Irving, TX – Hanley Wood, LLC has acquired the assets of StonExpo in an agreement with the StonExpo Federation and the Marble Institute of America. The purchase expands Hanley Wood’s presence in the residential and commercial construction industry. HW’s exhibitions division currently organizes 12 industry events, including World of Concrete. When founded in 1987, StonExpo featured 143 booths and drew […]
