Overheard on the Showfloor
-- Tradeshow Week, 5/19/2008
“The secret is simple: Start with a 100-year-old brand that's a must-read for people.”
–Former Wall Street Journal Publisher L. Gordon Crovitz on how you get people to pay for news and information online, during the American Business Media Spring Meeting in La Quinta, Calif., May 4-6
“Even with online dating, you eventually have to meet face to face and go out on the date.”
–ABM President and CEO Gordon Hughes on the persistent value of face-to-face marketing, at the ABM Spring Meeting
“We don't think we're ever going to get all those pages back.”
–Hanley Wood CEO Frank Anton on the building slump's impact on his company's many construction and building-related publications, at the ABM Spring Meeting
“Not the world, but the galaxy. You prove us wrong.”
–Chris Meyer, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority vice president of convention sales, citing statistics that indicate Las Vegas is the most successful resort destination in the world, during the Southwest Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events chapter meeting held in Las Vegas, May 8-9
“It's a lifestyle, not a cocktail.”
–Jennifer Herring, sales manager for the Grand Hyatt at the Cosmopolitan, on the new resort scheduled to open in December 2009, at the SWIAEE meeting
“It's a little strange to see former students with gray hair.”
–Patti Shock, professor and director of distance learning, Harrah College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada Las Vegas, at the SWIAEE meeting
“I'll take this one, compared to the last one.”
–Apprise Media Chairman and CEO Charles McCurdy, comparing the current economic downturn to an earlier one, at the ABM Spring Meeting
