Overheard on the Showfloor
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 10/1/2007
"If there's any way to do it, put the meeting space a little closer to the elevators. Sometimes it's easier to stay at the hotel next door."
— Tim McKenna, senior manager of strategic procurement for Carlson Marketing Worldwide, responding to an audience member's question about how Las Vegas' hospitality industry could improve itself, during a state of the industry panel presentation at the monthly meeting of the Las Vegas Hospitality Assn., (Las Vegas, Sept. 20)
"I donated some funds to the local economy last night."
— Panel member Jeff Sacks, vice president of Experient, introducing himself at the LVHA meeting
"I think it's less about exclusivity than about how you manage it. ... It's all about the service to the customer and how it's delivered."
— Panel member Kerry Gumas, president and CEO of Questex Media, responding to a question about exclusive contracts in convention centers, at the LVHA meeting
"I don't care who's in the building providing the service, the quality of that service reflects on them."
— Jim Wetterling, president of Edlen Electrical Exhibition Services, answering the same question
