Latest developments in products and services for tradeshow organizers and exhibitors, such as online space selection, showfloor design software and registration and lead retrieval systems.
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. More
Can't Make the Live Event? Go Virtual By Rachel Wimberly - 06/08/2009
For the past nine years, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Ariba, a software service company for the procurement industry, has held a tradeshow. This year, Ariba caught wind that several attendees would be skipping the live event because of the downturn in the economy, so it acted fast to take the show online.
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Lead Retrieval: Going to Great Lengths By Joalien Johnson - 05/04/2009
Historically, the conventional wisdom in the tradeshow business has been that, while exhibiting companies talk a good game when it comes to ROI, few follow up on leads they get from the showfloor the way they should. So, one might wonder, in the midst of a serious economic downturn, with heightened pressure to make sales, if exhibitors finally have gotten the message.
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Housing and Registration: Limiting the Cost By Stephanie Corbin - 05/04/2009
In this economy, everyone's trying to save money. That includes show managers and their attendees. For some of these budget-slashing and cost-saving measures, shows have turned to their housing and registration companies for ways to stretch their – and their attendees' – dollars.
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Nimlok Grand Rapids Makes a Buy 05/04/2009
Troy, Mich.-based Nimlok Grand Rapids, a provider of custom, modular tradeshow exhibits, has bucked the trend of holding onto its money and scooped up Exhibits Now, another local company. The new company will operate under the name Nimlok Metro, as a subsidiary of Nimlok Grand Rapids.
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Sustainable Practices: Walking the Green Walk By Rachel Wimberly - 04/20/2009
Some talk the green talk, but do the bare minimum it takes to call themselves environmentally friendly. Others walk the green walk down the tradeshow aisle, doing what it takes to have a real hand in preserving the planet. Stepping into the shoes of an attendee or exhibitor who might be headed to a tradeshow, there are several ways he or she could see those efforts.
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Alliance Tech Purchases nTAG 04/06/2009
Austin, Texas-based Alliance Tech, a company that provides RFID-enabled event measurement, recently bought Boston-based nTAG, which has a focus on face-to-face social networking technology and created the first interactive name badge. The sale was a fortuitous one for both companies: nTAG was in bankruptcy, and Alliance Tech was looking to branch into the type of technology nTAG offered.
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Web Sites: Seamless and Successful By Rachel Wimberly - 03/30/2009
One way tradeshow companies could make an investment in technology to get ahead of the pack now, instead of waiting for the economy to take a turn for the better, would be to take a good, hard look at their shows’ Web sites and ask themselves, “Do they all seamlessly, successfully serve attendees and exhibitors, as well as the company itself?”
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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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