The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) brought in record breaking numbers to this year’s show at the Anaheim Convention Center January, 19-22, 2012.

The Messe Düsseldorf Group closed the 2011 financial year on a successful note and thus laid the foundation for its continued growth. Sales of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH totaled Euro 289 million and are 7 percent above budget (2010: Euro 272 million), and the group revenue increased to Euro 360 million (2010: Euro 335 million). A total of 29 percent of the group sales were generated outside of Germany.

An increased number of downtown hotel rooms is the most immediate objective of the George R. Brown Convention Center’s (GRB) newly released 2025 master plan, which calls for an expanded Convention District with more retail and residential development to attract more convention business to Houston.

As the capital of Taiwan, Taipei is the country’s manufacturing hub and is surrounded by beautiful mountains, vast ocean and modern and classic architecture. The city is one of the fastest growing in the world and is emerging as the new business and financial center of Asia.

Smart City Networks has completed the installation of a permanent digital signage network at the Las Vegas Convention Center
(LVCC), offering new opportunities for digital advertising at the center.

Following the significant progress of the first Exhibition Industry Summit, held October 6, 2011, in Irving, Texas, the participating organizations have agreed to meet at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. on February 24, 2012, for Exhibition Industry Summit II. The objective of this meeting is to advance discussion about key industry issues identified at the first meeting and establish the framework for ongoing engagement by the organizations.

The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB) has announced the launch of a new website, www.meetdetroit.com, designed to highlight the assets of the metro Detroit, Mich., region to meeting planners everywhere. The site’s content has a translation feature that makes it available in nearly 50 languages, so the DMCVB can assist planners all over the world.