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CHICAGO — Chicago Build 2026 is gearing up for its biggest edition to date at McCormick Place this October. With a 20% increase in exhibitors being projected and attendance expected to climb to more than 30,000 attendees this year, the show is enhancing its programming and design to meet the moment. Chicago Build, which is organized by Nineteen Group, will expand its hall […]
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 […]
CHICAGO — Across the events industry, non-alcoholic beverages are becoming more popular. While it’s fun to celebrate, many professionals prefer to keep their wits about them and avoid hard early wakeups. Donna Mackey, Beverage Director at McCormick Place, has observed this trend, which goes beyond basic sober options: Attendees want more than standard non-alcoholic beers or sodas, because not alcoholic doesn’t have to mean not interesting. Trade Show Executive’s (TSE) Young […]
CHICAGO — When Trade Show Executive (TSE) first launched the Young Professionals Corner in 2024, one of the first Resource Rundowns it published was the Events Industry Vocabulary 101: An Informal Guide to Understanding Event Lingo. In it, events industry leaders shared what they thought were the most important acronyms and phrases to know when you’re just starting […]
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 — When SC25: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC for short), took place in St. Louis in November of 2025, it was already recognized as a Trade Show Executive Gold 100 and Fastest 50 show for its size and fast growth the year before. Its 2025 performance included […]
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®, […]