Sep 30, 2019 | People, People on the Move, Women in the Industry
Lori Healey, CEO of the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, has submitted her resignation, effective Oct. 18. The agency, generally known as McPier, runs McCormick Place. Healey, 59, was a top lieutenant to former Mayor Richard M. Daley and later Mayor Rahm... 
Sep 30, 2019 | Mergers, News, North America, Southwest News
(Pictured above: Guy Zwick, left, of Highway 85 Creative, and Eddie Lange of Exhibit Experts) Highway 85 Creative, the premier provider of custom exhibit and environmental design in the Southwest, announced Sept. 19 that it acquired Exhibit Experts, a local exhibit... 
Sep 30, 2019 | People, People on the Move, Women in the Industry
International Market Centers has hired Kaela Simeonoff as sales manager for The Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas, a $90 million, 315,000-square-foot exposition center set to open in July 2020 during IMC’s semi-annual Las Vegas Market. She will report directly to... 
Sep 30, 2019 | Europe, International, World
ExCeL and London hosted Sibos, the world’s premier financial services event, for the first time, welcoming over 9,000 business leaders and 300 banking and financial-technology exhibitors from Sept. 23-26. It was the largest audience and exhibitor participation in... 
Sep 30, 2019 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer Think back to some of the people you have met over the course of your lifetime. And think for a moment about how you met them. Was it purely a matter of circumstance that you were actually in the same place at the same time and then met that person?...
