…events in South America, producing 10 hosted buyer summits, three trade shows, and four training workshops in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The company was founded in 1993 by Diego Kaplan and Arturo Cuestas who built a…

…and South Hall are connected by a walkway over Pico. Under both Plan B and the stadium proposal, the walkway would be converted into a new exhibit hall, Ovrom told Trade Show Executive. Securing financing for Plan B was not…

…CEO of Visit Orlando and partner in the Florida marketing company YPBR. Sain, who died suddenly in May 2012, was nominated by the International Association of Exhibitions and Events for his numerous contributions to the trade show industry. Sain was…

Austin, TX – Accused spy and fugitive Edward Snowden will speak at South by Southwest (SXSW) via a video hookup from Russia. Snowden, the man at the center of one of the most sensational espionage cases in U.S. history, will…

…up prospective attendees. The panel on Fast Talk features Hugh Forrest, director for the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, who scored a high-profile coup by brining notorious secrets-spillers Julian Assange and Edward Snowden to SXSW via a video feed watched…

…April 8 would provide $142 million for the massive Vision Plan project. It will add new executive conference space and an entryway on the south end of the convention center, and focus much of its resources on a renaissance of…

…although some of their offices in icy areas were closed in the interest of the safety of their employees. Freeman said its branch offices throughout the South faced challenges from the weather. Ted Haefele, general manager of the company’s New…

…first noted in early 2013. The UFI survey was conducted last December. It includes information from the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) as well as members of the Asociacion International de Ferias de America (AFIDA) in Central and South…

…to be ready in March and April, respectively. Under the previously approved plan, a consortium of development-related companies under the name South Beach ACE (SBACE) was set to proceed with renovation and expansion of the convention center along with a…

Miami Beach – New Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine has asked the City Commission to reconsider a renovation proposal for the Miami Beach Convention Center that was awarded to South Beach ACE last July. In a memorandum to the commission…