New Business Contracts

Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 7/25/2005

Meeting Professionals Intl. recently announced future host cities for its major educational conferences. Professional Education Conference-North America will take place in New Orleans Jan. 21–23, 2007; Professional Education Conference-Europe is scheduled March 18–20, 2007 in Copenhagen and in London in 2008; and World Education Congress will take place in Montreal July 29–31, 2007.

The semiannual Las Vegas Fashion Week show POOL will partner with the Paris show WHO'S NEXT to encourage exhibitors to participate in both shows with discounted registration fees. POOL, Aug. 29–31 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, is expected to feature more than 500 exhibitors' collections in nearly 400 booths. WHO'S NEXT is scheduled Sept. 2–5 at Paris Expo-Porte de Versailles.

The Professional Convention Management Assn. has selected Bandy & Associates to provide sales and project management of a new association initiative.