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.
New Media’s Messenger 02/01/2010
The No. 1 missionary for social media in the industry has to be Rick Calvert, CEO and co-founder of BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first event devoted to blogging. Calvert has deep roots in the tradeshow industry – he’s managed sales forces for three Tradeshow Week 200 shows – but also he has been a self-described “voracious new media consumer” since the earliest days of the cultural phenomenon. More
BDMetrics Gets New Name, But Loses Its Old Products By Rachel Wimberly - 12/07/2009
Bythe end of last year, shifts at BDMetricsstarted to occur, including founder Rick Geritz stepping down and Mollie Spilman stepping in. Changes continued with BDMetrics deciding to reconsider what it was offering to the tradeshow industry and at what cost.When the dust settled, Spilman said BDMetrics not only would no longer offer its legacy platform that several shows still used, but also it would have a new name – Three Stage Media – and new offerings.
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Space Draw: Booking Is a Breeze By Rachel Wimberly - 08/24/2009
There was a time when tradeshow space draws meant everybody – show organizers and exhibitors alike – would gather in a room and someone with a huge sheet of paper, a permanent marker and lots of Wite-Out would piece together who wanted what booth where on the showfloor.
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Beyond the Floorplan: Applications for Tomorrow By Joalien Johnson - 08/24/2009
A decade ago, Web-based floorplan mapping dazzled show managers who had outgrown conventional hand-drawn floorplans. However, in recent years, the bar for floorplan mapping companies progressively has been raised.
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Show Launches 07/27/2009
Among newly announced show launches is Canon Communications event for the orthopaedic manufacturing sector: the OrthoTec Conference & Exhibition, which will debut May 12-13 at the Orthopaedic Capital Center in Warsaw, Ind. BZ Media also has a show set to launch, the ESDC enterprise software development event, scheduled to debut March 1-3 at the San Mateo Marriott in San Mateo, Calif.
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Value of Technology Is Reinforced 07/13/2009
The verdict’s in: Technology is here to stay. A recent report, “Digital + Exhibit Marketing Insights 2009,” produced by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research and George P. Johnson, found corporate exhibitors and exhibition management professionals are committed to integrating digital media into their exhibitions and event marketing.
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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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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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Behind The Story Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week March 5, 2010 UBM’s $1 Investment
Elsewhere on our Web site you can see the news that United Business Media will repris... More
Off the Showfloor Stephanie Corbin, Senior Assistant Editor, Tradeshow Week February 26, 2010 The Other Side of the Pen
Back in December, I gave an interview to The Los Angeles Times. Tiffany Hsu, one of t... More
Off the Showfloor Stephanie Corbin, Senior Assistant Editor, Tradeshow Week February 9, 2010 A Badge of Honor
Last week, I visited my home state, Ohio, for a few days on invitation to attend the ... More
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