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LOS ANGELES — On Earth Day, the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), owned by the City of Los Angeles announced a ban on single-use plastic bottles throughout the facility. LACC’s exclusive food and beverage partner, Levy Restaurants, has replaced single-use plastic bottles with aluminum bottles throughout cafés and catering operations. Beverages sold in the Center’s […]
CHICAGO — There was a distinct sense of excitement in the air when the first major trade show since the pandemic, the Inspired Home Show, returned to Chicago’s McCormick Place March 5-7. (Ironically, it was also the first show to cancel two years ago.) Though attendance was down about 60% from 2019, it still drew […]
LONDON — Venue management giant ASM Global has been chosen to see the historic Olympia London through its ongoing £1 billion (more than $1.3 billion) transformation, to emerge in 2024 as the premier exhibition center in Central London. The move is a win-win for both parties. ASM Global — which also manages L.A. LIVE and Darling […]
LAS VEGAS – There will soon be another exciting option for the trade show set in Las Vegas – The Bedford by Martha Stewart, which is the global lifestyle icon’s first restaurant experience. This new restaurant is slated to open at Paris Las Vegas this spring. Designed by Stewart herself, the restaurant draws inspiration from her […]
DETROIT — The 723,000-square-foot convention center in downtown Detroit has just gotten a new moniker: Huntington Place. In an announcement Dec. 9, the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA) said the new name comes as a result of the merger of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and TCF Financial Corporation into Huntington National Bank. TCF had purchased […]
LAS VEGAS – With a trade show industry anxiously awaiting a return to normal, Las Vegas, the city that glitters night and day, recently pulled off a true showstopper. The recently opened $375 million CAESARS FORUM welcomed an in-person cohort for the hybrid Professional Convention Management Association’s (PCMA) Convening Leaders conference January 12-15, 2021. The […]
ORLANDO — The 2021-model Central Florida International Auto Show is scheduled for December 18-December 20, 2020, at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). This year’s show will feature heightened health and safety precautions to protect attendees, vendors, employees, and the surrounding community. For more than 35 years, the Central Florida International Auto Show has been held at Orlando’s […]
SHENZHEN, China — November 4 marked the official opening of Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, one of the world’s largest exhibition facilities, with nearly five million square feet of exhibition space as well as extensive conference and function space. The center is managed by ASM Global (recently formed after the merger of SMG and AEG Facilities.) “Construction […]
