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EComXpo Marks First Sale of a Virtual Show By Rachel Wimberly - 04/07/2008
Amit Das, Worldwide Business Research USA's managing director, said his company's purchase of eComXpo, a virtual tradeshow for e-commerce marketers, was a first for more than just one reason. Yes, it does appear to be the first acquisition of a virtual tradeshow. And, according to Das, the purchase will allow WBR to spin a virtual show off from one of its physical ones for the fist time. More
The Economic Downturn: A Report to the Industry The Editors - 04/07/2008
Bumps in the road turn everybody into economics majors. There are people who wouldn't be caught dead anywhere close to the business section of their local paper in good times who are now spouting off about credit crunches, discount windows and something called a Freddie-blessed mortgage-backed security.
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ME Productions Adds Two to Team Stephanie Corbin - 02/25/2008
Pembroke Park, Fla.-based ME Productions has hired Dominique Donofrio as executive sales and event manager and Jack Beasley as music manager.
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Venue Trends: Doing Double Duty By Lisa Plummer - 02/25/2008
Peer into the convention center crystal ball and what you see won't surprise you: more and more space all the time. What is new is the high-end quality of space in tomorrow's venue, the dual purposes it will serve and the extra revenue it will generate. The time is ripe for the mixed-use event center-slash-lecture theater.
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Health Care Shows: More Space Isn't Only Cure By Stephanie Corbin - 02/25/2008
Health care tradeshows and meetings have become such plums for convention and visitors bureaus to land that some cities – Cleveland, for one – are using them as part of their pitch when they go to the public to sell voters on paying for convention center construction or expansion.
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Convention Centers: What Tier Is This, Anyway? By Rachel Wimberly - 02/25/2008
Convention centers in Tier I cities – Las Vegas, Orlando and Chicago – all have either expanded recently, plan to or are at least thinking about it. But why do civic leaders in much smaller locales get the idea that enough groups are interested in committing years in advance to visit them that they need new space too?
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Dallas Hotel Gets Closer 02/25/2008
Dallas tourism officials got one step closer to their longtime goal to have a convention center hotel, with a 10-2 vote by the Dallas City Council Feb. 13 that secured a tract of land adjacent to the facility.
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Expansion Report: More Space in More Places 02/25/2008
The tradeshow universe appears to be expanding. At least that's what you could infer from the latest Tradeshow Week Semiannual Update on New and Expanding Venues. Before the end of the year, convention centers will open or expansions will be completed in locations that are new to many tradeshow organizers.
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Event Tech Blog Stephen Nold, President, Advon Technologies May 8, 2008 Introductions
Introduction
Hey there everybody
Please don't romp or roam
We'... More
Tradeshow Experiences Nith Sisombath, CEM, SNS Enterprises, May 1, 2008 CEM Rewrite Update
I recently finished three conference calls to discuss the initial rewrite of three di... More
Tradeshow Tales Rachel Wimberly, Associate Editor, Tradeshow Week April 25, 2008 A News Avalanche
At Tradeshow Week, our work week is essentially reversed. Instead of winding down on ... More
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