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GES Achieves J.D. Power Certification for Tenth Year in a Row
GES is proud to announce that for the tenth consecutive year, the global, full-service provider for live events achieved J.D. Power Certification under the Certified Customer Service Program. The distinction acknowledges a strong commitment by GES’ National...
WS Display Opens New 83,000 sq.ft. Facility in Carlisle, Penn.
To better serve WS Display customers, the company has opened a new, 83,000-sq.ft. facility in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, that will allow them to not only offer complete manufacturing and products to East Coast customers, but will also allow for more of the custom-styled...
Nimlok Announces New E-Book on Interactive Exhibit Programs
Nimlok, a division of Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, is excited to announce the introduction of a new thought-provoking e-book— Inspiring & Interactive Exhibits: Success Stories. This new e-book is the latest addition to Nimlok’s ever-growing number of educational...
G-Floor Graphic Becomes BILD Print Media
BILD Print Media, by Better Life Technology, which offers completely customizable, multi-use print media solutions, has changed its name from G-Floor Graphics. The Kansas-based company can print any image on its material and it can adhere to any surface, by providing...
Atlanta’s Dragon Con Drew 80,000 Fans and Cosplay Attendees
Pictured L-R: Courtney Curry, manager, convention services, ACVB; Mandy Collier, senior director, Dragon Con; Ben Collier, senior director, Dragon Con; Rachel Reeves, senior director and co-chairman, Dragon Con; Sherry Henry, Dragon Con; Pat Henry, president and...
Features
Tradeshow Strategies/Giveaways: Edible Selfies Bring Smartphones, Social Media & Food Together
“Selffees” Are Millennial-Inspired Giveaways by Haley Wilson Freeman This is it -- the answer to your tradeshow marketing angst: edible selfies. It’s your face, or that of several thousand of your potential new customers, printed on the edible items of your choice....
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The Digital Experience: Maximizing Social Media @ Your #Tradeshow
by Lesley Martin Ask a marketer to compare tradeshows to social media, and he/she will probably point out more differences than similarities. After all, the modern tradeshow has been around for decades and social media is a relatively new phenomenon. Tradeshows are...
The D.E.A.L.: ADDiKT, a “Re-imagined” Restaurant
The D.E.A.L. (Dining, Entertainment, Attractions & Lodging): ADDiKT, A Miami Spice Participant Seems as if the buzz word in Miami is “re-imagined.” Not only has the Miami Beach Convention Center been “re-imagined” (with a $620 million renovation) so has ADDiKT, a...
International Focus: Amador Convention Center to Open in December
New Venue Expected to Boost MICE in Panama by Cynthya Porter Officials in Panama say the country is poised to dramatically increase the number of tradeshows and events there with the anticipated opening of the Amador Convention Center in Panama City later this year....
Shop to Showfloor: The Refinement of Aluminum Frame Systems
by Lesley Martin In 1968, Hans Staeger introduced the extruded Octanorm Exhibition Stand System at EuroShop in Düsseldorf. At that time, most exhibits were heavy wooden structures, and set-up required a crew with carpentry skills and tools. In the 1990s, inspired by...
Good Things Come with Great Service: The Crêpes à Latte Story
Pictured above: Michael and Hailey Rosenstein by Christopher Polis “Success is best when it’s shared.” – Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks There is another story of shared success and great coffee right within the tradeshow industry: the story of Crêpes à...
People
Rockway Exhibits + Events Names Mickey Moe New Director of Production
Orlando, Fla.-based Rockway Exhibits + Events, a full-service tradeshow exhibit solutions provider, announce the appointment of Mickey Moe as the company’s new director of production. Moe brings more than six years of industry experience to the company in addition to...
Desert Display Services, Inc. Welcomes Dan Bostwick
Desert Display Services, Inc., proudly serving Arizona with highly skilled installation and dismantle labor resources for all tradeshow, conference and private event needs since 1995, welcomes Dan Bostwick to their team. Bostwick joins Desert Display Services (DDS)...
Informa Exhibitions Appoints Lana F. Bernstein VP of Marketing for U.S. Boat Shows
Informa Exhibitions, the global trade and consumer exhibitions leader and world’s premier yacht show organizer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lana F. Bernstein as vice president of marketing for the company’s U.S. Boat Shows. Bernstein will lead global...
Stronco Appoints Saira Beig General Manager
J.Ralph Strachan, president & CEO of Stronco, is pleased to announce the appointment of Saira Beig to general manager of Stronco effective August 1, 2018. Beig’s background in the convention and tradeshow industry started more than 20 years ago as an owner of a...
Steelcase Event Experiences Hires Melissa Holm
Steelcase Event Experiences, a strategic space design service, recently hired Melissa Holm as their creative director, where she will spearhead their design innovations in crafting meaningful participant experiences. “With Melissa joining the Event Experiences team,...
Richard Erschik Launches TSEMA & is Named ECN’s Regional VP Sales in Florida
Florida-based Richard Erschik has been named regional vice president of sales of Las Vegas-based Exhibit City News magazine. Erschik's initiative will include the introduction of advertorial presentations and promotion to Orlando area companies, as well as other...
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Destinations International Partners with Simpleview and IBTM Americas for DMOs
Destinations International, Simpleview and IBTM Americas invited all destination organizations participating in IBTM Americas to attend DMOs Day on Sept. 3-4 in Mexico City, a few days before the main event. Destination organizations of all shapes and sizes were...
Costa Rica DMC Joins the DMC Network
The DMC Network Company announced Costa Rica as the newest Preferred Partner to the DMC Network Family. “I am delighted to have Costa Rica DMC, such an iconic legacy DMC, join our network,” says Dan Tavrytzky, managing director of the DMC Network. “Their reputation...
Incentive Travel & Conventions Meetings Asia In Bangkok Sept. 18-20
Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia is scheduled Sept. 18-20 at the Bangkok Convention Center at CentralWorld. Riding on the success of last year’s anniversary show, IT&CMA continues to showcase the largest congregation of Asian MICE CVBs and NTOs. In...
The African Association Management Company Launches
Talley Management Group, Inc. and African association professional Jeffers Miruka of Kenya, have jointly launched the African Association Management Company (AFAMCO), providing associations with global experience, local connections, education and opportunity on the...
Judges Weigh In on BTM World Tech Watch Awards
Sciensio took the 2017 Tech Watch Award in the "Audience Engagement" category for its Concierge Eventbot. IBTM World 2018 is fast approaching and with the entries of the Tech Watch Award closing last week, the judges were asked what they are looking forward to seeing...
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