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DETROIT — On May 11-14, Huntington Place hosted AUVSI’s™ XPONENTIAL, the world’s largest autonomy, drone and robotics trade show. XPONENTIAL united the defense community across more than 25,000 square feet of programming and exhibits, and showcased how uncrewed systems are bolstering national security and advancing mission-ready technology. For the past few years, Visit Detroit President and CEO Claude Molinari has championed Detroit on the global stage, helping bring major events like XPONENTIAL to “The Motor City.” […]
Dark Social: The Hidden Channel Driving Event Registrations is a contributed article from Ian Davis, Vice President of Marketing at Snöball Deciding to attend an event is not a small commitment. Someone is weighing travel, time out of the office and whether the trip is worth the disruption. That decision rarely turns on a marketing […]
As an emerging leader behind the marketing and audience growth strategy for CES®, Courtney Ford, Director, Digital Engagement, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, translates data and audience insights into strategies that produce measurable results and manages the operational demands of high-volume, global campaigns. For her impactful work, she was recognized as a 2026 Trade Show Executive (TSE) Trailblazer. TSE connected with Ford to […]
CHICAGO — Trade Show Executive’s (TSE) next 2026 Trailblazer spotlight is on Vanessa Dang, Audience Development Manager at CommerceNext, which CloserStill Media has a majority investment in. When Dang first joined the organization, she recognized an opportunity to improve how it generated and nurtured qualified leads for sponsors: Instead of simply executing assigned tasks, she built a scalable demand generation engine, which integrates targeted Google Ads campaigns, LinkedIn […]
SCHILLER PARK, Ill. — The recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Encore® did something rare: It turned one of the trade show industry’s most persistent complaints — the rising cost and rigidity of in-house event production — into a public-market business model. The filing showed rising revenue per event as the company prepares to go […]
CHICAGO — Our celebration of the 2026 Trade Show Executive (TSE) Trailblazers continues with Elyse Cyr, Director of Event Operations at Messe Stuttgart, Inc. With a strategic mindset, operational discipline and collaborative leadership style, she elevates the impact of Messe Stuttgart, Inc.’s, trade shows and positions them as powerful platforms for industry growth and global connection, managing venue […]
CHICAGO — Billington CyberSecurity, a CloserStill Media-owned leading cyber education company for executives in the public and private sector, announced the launch of Billington Critical Infrastructure CyberSecurity Summit. “The inaugural Billington Critical Infrastructure CyberSecurity Summit in San Antonio is a new brand extension for Billington CyberSecurity, which traditionally has focused on cybersecurity education for the government market,” said Thomas K. Billington, Chairman and Chief Content Officer […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas —Visit San Antonio invited Trade Show Executive (TSE) to see what’s new in the flourishing event destination and experience the kickoff of Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference on June 2, 2026. “As the seventh largest city in the U.S., and one of the fastest growing regions in America, San Antonio is a city where inspiration doesn’t simply happen — it comes to life,” Mario J. Bass, President and CEO […]
CHICAGO — The results are in, and Trade Show Executive (TSE) has released the honorees for the Gold 100 Class of 2025, representing the largest trade shows that took place in the U.S. last year. Gold 100 Class of 2025 This year’s honorees are comprised of iconic brands and staples on the Gold 100 list, including CES®, IAAPA Expo, World of Concrete, ProMat®, […]
The Events Industry Gave Me More Than My Career — It Gave Me the Permission to Be Myself is a contributed article from Don Pietranczyk, CEM, CX Director, Informa That title may sound a little dramatic, but it’s the truth. Here’s the way it went down. Like a lot of members of the LGBTQIA+ community, I went through a series of […]
