This Just In
Detroit – The countdown began on Nov. 1, 2000, the day that the NFL awarded the Super Bowl to Detroit. The city had just 1,921 days to transform the city. “The Super Bowl was the catalyst for focusing the entire city on redevelopment,” said Larry Alexander, President of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. And […]
New York, NY – Apparel magazine and its portfolio of three events, a web site and e-mail newsletter have been sold by VNU Business Media, a division of VNU Inc., to Edgell Communications, Inc. The Apparel portfolio was no longer a strategic fit for VNU, but enhances Edgell’s position in the retail and consumer goods market. Edgell publishes […]
Torrance, CA – Irene Sperling has been promoted to VP & Associate Publisher of Trade Show Executive magazine, announced Darlene Gudea, Publisher & Editor. “This promotion recognizes Irene’s significant contributions to the growth of Trade Show Executive magazine,” says Gudea. TSE has grown over 200% from 2003 to 2004, and is on track to nearly triple in size in 2005. “By any […]
Trumbull, CT – Seizing opportunity in the fast-paced healthcare industry, JD Events announced today that it has acquired the Symposium on Healthcare Design from IIR Exhibitions, Inc. Now in its 18th year, the next event will be held in September in Atlanta. It is expected to span up to 12,000 net square feet of exhibit space and draw abvout 1,500 […]
Chicago, IL – Deborah Sexton is leaving one of the nation’s largest convention bureaus to head up one of the industry’s most prominent associations. Sexton will head up PCMA as its President and CEO on or before March 15, announced Gregg Talley, PCMA Chairman and President of Talley Management Group. Sexton succeeds David Kushner, who served […]
Boston, MA – Robert Krakoff and his company, Blantyre Partners, have announced a collaboration with The Blackstone Group, a media and communications investor. Together, the two companies will pursue investment opportunities in b-to-b media companies. Capital for investments will be provided by Blackstone Capital Partners IV, a $6.5 billion fund and the largest institutional private equity fund […]
New York, NY – Liz Hitchcock has joined Advanstar Communications as Show Director for the Luxury Travel Expo. Hitchcock has a 20-year background in show management, including positions at Key3Media Group, CMP Media and Reed Exhibition Companies. In her new role, she will oversee the Luxury Travel Expo portfolio, which features two annual editions, the flagship event in Las […]
Detroit – On November 1, 2000, the NFL awarded Super Bowl XL to Detroit. The Motor City was suddenly in the spotlight, on the world’s largest stage. From that moment on, there was both criticism about the site and skepticism that Detroit could pull it off, due to a host of infrastructure challenges ranging from transportation […]
Toronto, ON – An archaeological excavation is underway to map the locations of historical objects and buildings on the expansion site of The National Trade Centre in Toronto. This excavation and mapping process was a planned step in the expansion of the facility, whose footprint includes Stanley Barracks, one of the earliest military sites in Toronto. […]
Torrance, CA – If you build it, they will come. For years this has been a mantra put forth by dozens of feasibility studies conducted for cities seeking to build new convention facilities or expand those they already have. Challenging this conventional wisdom is a new report issued by the Brookings Institution entitled, Space Available: The Realities of […]
