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Crisis Management: Justifying Face-to-face By Joalien Johnson - 07/06/2009
Changing the outside perception of the value of face-to-face meetings has not been an easy feat for industry organizations in recent months, given the onslaught of negative publicity by the media, but, slowly and surely, with a coalition at work to address the negativity, progress is being made. More
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.
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Centers Trim Costs Where They Can By Joalien Johnson - 07/06/2009
When it comes to being hit by the recession, no one's dodged the bullet, least of all convention centers. Depending on their source of funding, be it public or private, some have fared better than others, but, across the nation, convention centers of all sizes admit they've had to be resourceful in coming up with new ways to save money at the venues – especially smaller-sized facilities.
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Lone Star State Just Gets Bigger, Better By Candice Yang - 07/06/2009
If tradeshow activity in Texas has been hurting because of some of the latest possible factors – say, the ailing economy or even the swine flu – it has yet to show it. With continued room-building efforts to accommodate the ever-growing popularity of the state’s key tradeshow destination cities, Texas seems to be faring better than some.
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Crisis Management: Justifying Face-to-face By Joalien Johnson - 07/06/2009
Changing the outside perception of the value of face-to-face meetings has not been an easy feat for industry organizations in recent months, given the onslaught of negative publicity by the media, but, slowly and surely, with a coalition at work to address the negativity, progress is being made.
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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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Puerto Rico: Attracting the World By Stephanie Corbin - 06/22/2009
Convention business in Puerto Rico, the U.S. island territory in the northeastern Caribbean, has been weathering the economic downturn that the United States and other global countries have faced.
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Behind The Story Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week June 12, 2009 Shock and Awe Is So 2008ish
The good news out of the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum is that most lead... More
Tradeshow Tales Rachel Wimberly, Senior Editor, Tradeshow Week June 10, 2009 Italian Economy Thrives
If there’s a global recession going on that’s supposedly touching every s... More
Behind The Story Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week June 5, 2009 E³ Mission Accomplished
My colleagues Joalien Johnson and Rachel Wimberly came back Wednesday from E³ Ex... More
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