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Andy’s Apps: Apps for Organizing & Getting Where You Need to Go
Help Exhibit 4 Smiles Deliver Smiles to 238 Children This Holiday Season
Candice Nepomuceno Joins ProGlobalEvents
ABPCO Sees 10 Percent Membership Increase
The D.E.A.L./Lodging: The Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery
Caesars Entertainment’s FLY LINQ Opens to Public
Tom Douyette & Steve Miller Join Exhibit Systems
ICC Sydney Project Receives National Award
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Help Exhibit 4 Smiles Deliver Smiles to 238 Children This Holiday Season
Exhibit 4 Smiles, the nonprofit organization dedicated to delivering smiles and holiday gifts to children suffering with life-threatening illnesses, is increasing its reach. The program will sponsor gifts for 238 children at Children’s Hospital University of Illinois...
Caesars Entertainment’s FLY LINQ Opens to Public
Caesars Entertainment is proud to announce that FLY LINQ, the first and only zipline on the Las Vegas Strip, will open to the public on Friday, Nov. 9. The FLY LINQ will feature 10 side-by-side ziplines, capable of simultaneously launching all riders. The experience...
MPI Survey Finds Events Becoming More Innovative, Shorter and Niche
In October, Meeting Professionals International published its "Meetings Outlook, 2018 Fall Edition," which is a future-focused quarterly that includes new trends and predictions from surveyed MPI members. Recent survey results indicate a healthy landscape is allowing...
Owensboro Receives Convention South’s Readers’ Choice Award
Spectra, the providers of venue management and food services & hospitality to Kentucky's Owensboro Convention Center, and the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau are excited to announce that they have each received the 2018 Readers’ Choice Award from...
EDPA Las Vegas Chapter Helps Hungry Families
The Las Vegas chapter of the Exhibit Designers and Producers Association is increasing its donations to the third annual Whitney Elementary School Charity Drive. The school, located on the east side of the Las Vegas Valley, is home to some of the most financially...
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Andy’s Apps: Apps for Organizing & Getting Where You Need to Go
by F. Andrew Taylor Any.do is a relatively simple organizing app that can link to your Google account. It has a handful of features that can keep things running smoothly in your busy, multi-tasking world. For instance, if you send a call to voicemail while you’re in a...
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The D.E.A.L./Lodging: The Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery
Located just three blocks from the French Quarter, the Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery is the latest incarnation of a building that began its life in 1854 as a warehouse serving the Port of New Orleans. The 167-room chic hotel opened in April 2015 following a renovation...
Int’l Focus: AIPC: Addressing the Growing Generation of Millennial Business Travelers
by Aloysius Arlando, AIPC President By 2020, millennials will make up more than half of the global workforce and account for the largest segment of business travelers. Millennial travelers are our future and there is no better time for industry organizations,...
Shop To Showfloor: “Built to Last” Starts Its Sixth Season on TV in Chicago
Focusing on Skilled Labor Training & The Stories Behind Every Project by F. Andrew Taylor When the Carpenters union in Chicago was trying to hammer out some ideas on how to spread the word about what it does, the Chicago Regional Council turned to television. The...
Industry Profile: C2it Productions: An Exhibit House with Big Walls
LED Video Walls, That Is! by Glen Roberts With video walls of any size, standard and interactive video displays, sound systems and other technologies, C2it Productions goes beyond normal exhibit house offerings with an impressive array of in-house audio-visual gear...
International Focus: Germany Exhibition Industry Booming
by Cynthya Porter Despite economic challenges in the recent past that plagued tradeshow organizers globally, Germany remains a dominant force in the European exhibition industry and is widening the gap between itself and the nearest competitor for king of the European...
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Candice Nepomuceno Joins ProGlobalEvents
ProGlobalEvents, a fully integrated experiential marketing firm for corporate clients, are proud to announce that Candice Nepomuceno has joined as an events strategy manager. Nepomuceno brings more than 10 years of event experience gained from working on the client...
Tom Douyette & Steve Miller Join Exhibit Systems
(Pictured L-R: Tom Douyette, tradeshow exhibit specialist, and Steve Miller, senior project manager) In support of the increasing demand for face-to-face marketing environments, Exhibit Systems has strengthened its growing professional team with the additions of Steve...
Emerald President & CEO David Loechner to Retire
Emerald Expositions President and CEO David Loechner, who began as a sales rep for Nielsen Expositions and became company president in 2010, will retire Nov. 8. (Nielsen was renamed Emerald Expositions in 2013.) CFO Phil Evans has been named interim CEO and Loechner...
AWE Announces New Board Members & New Membership Offerings
(Pictured the 2019 full board of directors for AWE, L-R, top row: Adriana Gallegos, Alleah Crawford, April Walsh, Carrie Abernathy, Cattleya Wongkongkatap; second row: Courtney Stanley, Danielle Duran Baron, David Kliman, Gracie Jones, Greta Ask; third row: Jackie...
Coast Packing CEO Eric Gustafson Receives Excellence in Public Service Award
(Pictured above: Marisa Olguin, president and CEO of Vernon Chamber of Commerce presents the award to Coast CEO Eric Gustafson) Eric R. Gustafson, CEO of Coast Packing Company and a past chairman of the board of the Vernon (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce, has received...
PCMA Education Foundation Announces 2019 Officers and Trustees
Pictured: PCMA Education Foundation 2019 Board of Trustees, L-R: Top row: Carol McGury, Valerie Sumner, Angie Ranalli, Jerry Cito; second row: Jennifer L. Erney, Christopher Finelli, John Loveless, Karen Malone; third row: Gary Murakami, David G. Peckinpaugh, Douglas...
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ABPCO Sees 10 Percent Membership Increase
(Pictured: Joanna Powel, joint chair of ABPCO) The Association of British Professional Conference Organizers has seen a substantial growth in members over the last 12 months with organizations from both the supply and demand side of the industry seeking to join the...
ICC Sydney Project Receives National Award
The Darling Harbour Transformation Project, which International Convention Centre Sydney sits at the heart of, has been awarded the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design Award at the 2018 Australian Institute of Architects National Awards. The project,...
Aranwa Hotels, Resorts & Spas Peru Celebrates 10th Anniversary
(Pictured L-R: José Álvarez Blas, Gabriel Álvarez, Rosana Martínez and Pierre Berthier Photo: T News) Aranwa Hotels, Resorts & Spas Peru celebrated its tenth anniversary with an elegant and crowded cocktail party. Aliaga's house was the scene chosen for the tenth...
Tourism New Zealand Bringing ‘Korero’ and ‘Kai’ to Barcelona for IBTM World
IBTM announced in October that Tourism New Zealand is returning to IBTM World after an eight-year hiatus. The organization is bringing four partners to Barcelona; including New Zealand International Conference Center, which is set to open in Auckland in 2019, Te Pae...
Live Streaming Lets 5,000 Additional Attendees View Event at ESH Congress
More than 5.000 additional attendees in the Chinese medical community were reached at the European Hypertension Meetings Congress held in Barcelona thanks to live streaming. AIM Group has organized the ESH Congress from its very first editions, with goals through...
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