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Global Leader: USTA's Geoff Freeman By Stephanie Corbin - 07/06/2009
The travel business has taken a beating because of the recession. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone paying attention that the industry’s advocacy group, U.S. Travel Assn., has been fighting back, pulling the tradeshow industry’s leading organizations into its lobbying efforts. Geoff Freeman, USTA senior vice president of public affairs, heads up those efforts. More
Top Hanley Wood Execs Bid Adieu By Rachel Wimberly - 06/29/2009
Hanley Wood Exhibitions President Galen Poss and Executive Vice President Michael Green abruptly resigned June 15 in what Poss called a “contract dispute with Hanley Wood over compensation payments owed for performance.” Hanley Wood CEO Frank Anton said former Senior Vice President Rick McConnell would be acting president of the exhibitions division.
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People on the Move 06/22/2009
• Bernd Aufderheide, CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress; Johann Fuchsgruber, CEO of Messe Erfurt and managing director of the Pool of German Trade Fairs and Exhibition Cities (FAMA); and Franz-Josef Buetfering, managing director of the Buetfering Schleiftechnik woodworking company and president of Eumabois, the European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers, were elected to AUMA.
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People on the Move 05/25/2009
Rachel Benedick was named vice president of sales and services for Visit Denver, a position she held on an interim basis since September. She replaced Doug Small, who became president of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Convention & Visitors Bureau last year.
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Global Leaders: Sue Trizila Invests in the Future Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief - 04/06/2009
Sue Trizila’s story of how she and her colleagues grew a pre-automation era travel company, with 15 employees and one tradeshow-related client, through ownership changes and great technology advances, to a firm now with more than 150 employees and countless convention and tradeshow clients, is complex.
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People on the Move 03/23/2009
• ExpoDisplays promoted Jay Burkette from director of dealer development to vice president of sales. • Brussels Intl. Tourism and Congress appointed RD Intl. President Robert Dallmeyer North American sales representative. Dallmeyer formerly worked with the Brussels Exhibition Center and the city of Brussels and will now work exclusively for the city, targeting meetings and conventions.
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People on the Move 02/23/2009
People on the move this week include Char Beltran, who was appointed president and CEO of the Lake Havasu (Ariz.) Convention & Visitors Bureau, Wendy Bradanini, who was promoted to director of sales and business development at TTS Logistics and Diane Brandon, who was promoted to to vice president of marketing and public relations at the Arlington (Texas) Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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People on the Move 01/26/2009
• Visit Denver, the city's convention and visitors bureau, named Justin Bresler vice president of marketing and business development. • The Austin (Texas) Convention & Visitors Bureau named Arron Brooks executive meetings manager for the Midwest and Eastern regions of the country.
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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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