This Just In
Atlanta – David Audrain will be leaving his position as COO/Executive Vice President of ConvExx in Las Vegas to head up Messe Frankfurt, Inc., which organizes seven events from its Atlanta office. Among them are Techtextil North America, Paperworld USA and Interior Lifestyle USA; the Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo in Vancouver; and PAACE Automechanika Mexico held annually in Mexico City. Messe […]
San Francisco — MediaLive International has confirmed that the remaining 2005 Seybold Seminars have been cancelled, citing insufficient vendor and attendee interest. The event, which has a 30+year history, focused on new technologies for content management and publishing workflow, and drew editors, publishers, production managers, art directors and IT professionals. Registration fees for the event were a steep […]
Palo Alto, CA – The CMO Council is holding a webinar November 10th on “How Technology Is Driving Event ROI” and will also feature a special preview of the latest CMO research on “Grow Who You Know.” The goal of the event is to share ideas on how emerging technology can improve event ROI. The CMO […]
Dallas, TX – Freeman and AVW-TELAV closed their three Houston offices at 4:00 pm CDT on Wednesday, September 21 and announced they will remain closed until Monday, September 26. This action is part of the precautionary elements of their company-wide Disaster Recovery Plan and the mandatory evacuation orders for Houston and the surrounding areas. The company’s […]
Indianapolis, IN – The Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome (ICCRD) broke ground Tuesday on an expansion that will increase the convention center’s prime exhibit space by 465,000 sf to a total of 868,700 sf. The $900 MIL project is expected to be completed by 2010. The first phase will involve construction of the Indiana Stadium, […]
Reno, NV – Jeff Beckelman, President and CEO of the Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, announced today that he has accepted the position of President and CEO for the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority. Beckelman had headed the RSCVA for the past three years. A board meeting will be held tomorrow and the […]
Charlotte, NC– Wachovia Capital Partners has acquired George E. Fern Co., a general service contractor and event producer based in Cincinnati, OH. The deal officially closed September 15th. The nearly $70 million acquisition was Wachovia’s first venture into the exposition industry. Four days later, Wachovia also purchased an equity stake in Champion Exposition Services, based in Middleboro, […]
New Orleans, LA – Attendees of EMS EXPO and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) regularly attend educational sessions and view exhibits at this annual event. What they usually don’t expect is first-hand experience. Hurricane Katrina was expected to slam the Gulf Coast within hours of the show’s end on August 27th at the Ernest N. Morial Convention […]
(second in a series) Houston, TX – When the city of Houston agreed to accept more than 20,000 hurricane evacuees, show managers had to scramble to relocate their events from the George R. Brown Convention Center. While some groups cancelled, Reed Exhibitions’ La Cumbre—the premier travel industry conference for the sales and marketing of travel to […]
Join the industry’s leading experts tomorrow, September 13th for a dynamic half-day summit and the unveiling of the latest CEIR Exhibition Industry Index, the industry’s foremost benchmark of exhibition performance. See why experts are calling 2004 the year of the turnaround and 2005 a year of growth. Learn how the industry has performed overall and […]