Readers Speak: Show Managers' Favorites

Gary Tufel -- Tradeshow Week, 6/4/2007

Which cities do health care show managers like best, and why? TSW Contributing Editor Gary Tufel asked a few.

"San Diego has the right amount of square footage the Academy needs at this time and fits the overall criteria we use to determine a strong location, as well as a professional convention management staff, strong labor force and what the city has to offer our attendees.

"The Academy has always had successful meetings in San Diego. San Diego just knows how to do meetings and conventions right."

Bridget Farley, Manager, exhibits and corporate relations, American Academy of Neurology Foundation

"We like to hold our meetings in destinations that are attractive and provide the best value to our attendees — low room rates, low travel costs, convenient airport, etc. Baltimore, Orlando, Minneapolis and San Antonio are some of the recent cities that we have booked."

Leslie Zeck, Manager, events and conferences, American Red Cross

"San Diego. Its layout for shows helps maximize traffic patterns and its staff is superb."

Sharon Hutinett, Director, convention management, American Academy of Family Physicians

"San Diego is my favorite city to hold a medical tradeshow in for a few simple reasons. San Diego's weather and the beauty of the city, particularly the convention center sitting right on the marina, is a draw for attendance."

Kristofer S. Herlitz, Vice president, The Herlitz Co.