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NEW YORK — Trade shows in the fashion vertical that are striving to be more sustainable have a new report that can help them on their path. The recently released 2022 Sustainability Report: The Road to 2030 from Sourcing Journal provides invaluable insights as to how far the apparel industry has come; where the potholes and pitfalls […]
LAS VEGAS – A trio of top B2B trade show organizers — Informa Markets, BolognaFiere Group and the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) — are joining forces in a new venture to boost growth in the U.S. beauty and personal care markets. Beginning in January 2023, the newly announced joint venture will combine the industry-leading brands […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – The events environment is increasingly technology fluid, meaning associations and corporations putting on events and gathering their communities must look across virtual, hybrid and in-person channels to understand what their own customers are doing, and where. To meet this need, innovative firms are offering analytics and insights to improve the value for […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attendees are calling this year’s Legislative Action Week, organized by the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) and for which Trade Show Executive was a Gold Sponsor, a resounding success. The virtual lobbying event for the business events industry, which has been taking place all week, focused on three key priorities: the passage […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the trade show industry returns to face-to-face interactions, the question remains, how will the pandemic permanently change the course of live events and trade shows? This year’s Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., held June 1 on Global Exhibitions Day, focused […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Events Industry Council (EIC), the global voice of the business events industry, is now offering its 2022 online Sustainable Event Professional Certificate (SEPC). The SEPC was originally introduced as an in-person course for trade show and event management professionals, though last year the options were updated and expanded to include an online component, […]
PARIS — Facilitated by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, UFI, the seventh annual Global Exhibitions Day (GED) coming up June 1, will focus on the value of face-to-face exhibitions and business events in boosting economic growth and recovery, as well as networking and meeting new people. With 820 member organizations in 86 countries […]
CHICAGO — This week’s decision by a federal judge in Florida striking down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods has created a mixed message for event and trade show organizers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had just extended the mask mandate for 15 days in reaction […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ken Holsinger, SVP of Data Solutions at Freeman, and Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes, president and chief marketing strategist of mdg, stirred up the room with one premise of their session during SISO’s recent CEO Summit. “We’re not going back to 2019,” Holsinger said, and with Hardcastle-Geddes, laid out research supporting that fundamental societal […]
COLOGNE — Every year jwe GmbH produces a Global Industry Performance Review, an extensive research report that analyzes top exhibition company financials as well as global and regional market trends. Trade Show Executive recently caught up with Jochen Witt, President & CEO of jwc GmbH, to learn more about how the war in Ukraine could […]
