Information on the professional staffs at industry associations as well as merger and acquisition news, tradeshow management, personal changes, new contract signings and transactions.
Gordon Hughes II: Riding Out the Storm Rachel Wimberly - 05/04/2009
The days when print ads were a reliable, growing source of revenue for magazines had ended, and the shift online was as fast and furious as publishers could take, forcing many business-to-business media companies to play catch-up. Most still are playing catch-up.As the head of American Business Media, an organization that represents B-to-B media companies, Gordon T. Hughes II has had to help his members adjust to the ever-changing environment. More
Catering to a Tough Economy By Lisa Plummer - 03/09/2009
In this challenging economic climate, tradeshows not only have to market harder, but also more creatively. The largest event for the catering and events industries is trying to prove that strong marketing to a healthy industry can result in a successful show.
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Top Association Show Managers: Masters of Multitasking 02/02/2009
In a special feature, Tradeshow Week editors identify 15 top association show managers. These particular show managers have been singled out because they are doing all these things at the same time they are organizing – and growing – some of the industry's largest events.
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Survey: Salaries Are Movin’ on Up By Kerri Zerlin - 01/05/2009
The economy may be down, but for a large portion of show management, salaries still are going up. According to Tradeshow Week’s 2008 Show Management Salary Survey, for-profit exhibition organizers’ average salaries jumped to $79,615 this year, from $64,993 in 2007.
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Tradeshow Week Fastest 50 Winners' Profiles 11/10/2008
The sixth annual Tradeshow Week Fastest 50 event recognizes the 50 fastest-growing trade, association and consumer-hybrid shows in the United States and Canada. TSW editors interviewed the 50 winning show managers to learn more about them and their shows.
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Allen Named CIC Board Chairman 10/22/2008
Eric Allen, executive vice president of the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Assn., has been named chairman of a new streamlined board of the Convention Industry Council.
Association Show Is Here! 10/20/2008
On Oct. 8, Tradeshow Week added yet another electronic publication to its growing stable of e-newsletters. The biweekly TSW Association Show supplies readers with news and information about the association show sector – recognized by many as a huge segment of the tradeshow industry. According to TSW research, 89 shows on the most recent TSW 200 were owned by associations.
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J. Spargo to Manage HSMAI Shows 09/29/2008
A move to see if in-house show management was cost-effective led the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Assn. Intl. to sign a five-year contract with J. Spargo & Associates to manage the Affordable Meetings Shows.
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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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