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New Flower Show Sprouts in Sacramento 07/06/2009
The Golden State isn't just the home of the entertainment industry and the Golden Bears. Starting next year, California also will be the home of a new flower and garden show, California State Flower & Garden Show, produced by Cal State Shows and scheduled April 8-11 at California Exposition & State Fair in Sacramento, Calif. More
Dongguan: Falls Short of Its Potential By Gary Tufel - 06/29/2009
Dongguan is a large Chinese industrial city, with about 7 million residents and a thriving manufacturing industry, located in central Guangdong province in the Pearl River Delta near the provincial capital of Guangzhou.
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Shenzhen: On the Fast Track By Gary Tufel - 06/29/2009
Shenzhen, a former Chinese fishing village that didn't even exist as a city 25 years ago, has emerged as one of the great success stories of China's modernization program.
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Travel Firms Launch MaXvantage 06/15/2009
American Express Business Travel and Maritz Travel have a preliminary agreement to launch MaXvantage, which will provide end-to-end meetings management services, according to company officials.
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San Diego Center Breaks Records 04/27/2009
The San Diego Convention Center announced record-breaking numbers for the 2008 fiscal year, which ended June 30. According to its Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Report, the convention center generated an economic impact of $1.8 billion, up 15.4 percent from $1.56 billion in fiscal year 2007, and $32 million in tax revenues for the city, up 27 percent from $25.
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Sorority Dinner Makes It Into Record Book 04/16/2009
The Guinness World Records announced April 16 that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority held the largest-ever sit-down dinner in history, for 16,207, July 17 at the Walter E. Washington (D.C.) Convention Center.
SWIAEE Panel Talks Economics 04/20/2009
For those losing sleep because of the economy, the Southwest Chapter of the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events has a message for you: It's all psychology. At the recent chapter meeting April 7 at the Pasadena (Calif.) Convention Center, Bob Dallmeyer, president of RD Intl., moderated a panel titled “What's Keeping You Up at Night?”
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Show Organizers Do the Attrition Dance By Joalien Johnson - 04/06/2009
Not only are tradeshow organizers and meeting planners today worried about drawing attendees to their events, but also they have to worry about attrition fees if they can’t fill their room blocks. Nothing new with that. Attrition clauses between meetings and hotels exist so parties can contract, in advance, how losses might be recovered when rooms aren’t filled as expected.
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Event Tech Blog Stephen Nold, President, Advon Technologies June 21, 2009 Posting from London
I arrived Saturday, June 20th, in London for the preparations for the MTO Summit UK... More
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