This Just In
Washington, DC—The Travel Industry Association of America has acquired the Travel Commerce Conference and Expo — TravelCom from JD Events, a three-year-old company headed by Joel Davis. The selling price was not disclosed. TIA is the organizer of PowWow, the largest generator of travel in and to the U.S. TIA said it will produce TravelCom […]
Silver Spring, MD — Agile Events’ CEO Jim Forlenza has announced the premiere of Expo Tu Casa (Expo Your House), a home exposition targeted to the U.S. Hispanic consumer market. Three editions are scheduled this Fall: in Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles; three others, Dallas, Phoenix and Las Vegas, will be added in 2006. The shows are […]
New York, NY — Two months after JPMP announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hanley Wood, HW officially changed hands on August 1st in the second largest B2B media acquisition in U.S. history. It eclipses only the sale of Advanstar in 2000. An investment group led by J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP), purchased Hanley Wood from Veronis Suhler […]
Woodland Hills, CA – TBA Global Events, a privately held company that produces and manages corporate and live events, acquired PGI: The Event and Communications Agency on July 25th. TBA is located in Woodland Hills, CA (suburban Los Angeles) and PGI is based in Alexandria, VA. The acquisition price was not disclosed, but TBA said the […]
Save the Date September 12-13, 2005 The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), the leading provider of research for the exhibition industry presents its 2nd Annual Exhibition Industry Senior Executives Summit (EISES) featuring a presentation of The 2005 Exhibition Industry Index, a groundbreaking tool that provides key analysis of the exhibition industry across 11 industry sectors. […]
Palo Alto, CA – Hewlett-Packard spokesman Ryan J. Donovan confirmed that HP was a “partner” in HP World and said the company regretted the Interex decision to cancel the show (see story, “HP User Group Suspends Operations, Cancels HP World 2005 ” on TSE’s home page). Donovan declined to comment about any ongoing discussions with Interex. “We are ensuring those customers and […]
Washington, DC — Though still in the preliminary stages of a proposed expansion and hotel addition, the Washington Convention Center (WCC) has completed another step in the process. The Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) Board of Directors has selected a site at 9th Street, one of two locations, as the preferred spot for a new headquarters […]
Sunnyvale, CA – Interex, the HP user group that has staged HP World Conference and Expo for the past 10 years, abruptly suspended operations on Monday, July 18th and cancelled its upcoming HP World 2005 conference, slated for the Moscone Center in San Francisco August 14-18. More than 5,000 people attended the 2004 conference in Chicago. Reports that Interex also […]
Chicago – Chris Bowers has resigned his position as CEO of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau (CCTB) to accept a position as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of NES Rental Holdings, Inc. He will leave the bureau in August. A search for his replacement will begin immediately, according to Phil Stefani, CCTB’s Chairman of […]
London – The spirit that got Londoners through the dark days of WWII and round-the-clock bombings has resurfaced, according to Peter McKenna, American trade show veteran now on the senior staff of the Farnborough Air Show and based in London. Calling on his mobile phone from Brighton in southern England, McKenna said that bombing incidents in the British […]