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PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2019 Concludes in Pittsburgh
“The Don & Mike Show” Gains a Sponsor & Begins Podcasting Twice a Week in 2019
Lisa Dworsky Joins ConferenceDirect as Sr. Dir. Sales Development
Dubai Looks to Build on Business Events Momentum from IBTM World
PSAV and The Freeman Co. to Acquire Encore Event Technologies
Association News: Upcoming EDPA Meetings
David Miles appointed as CFO at ExCeL London
Business Events & Tourism Thriving in North Africa
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PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2019 Concludes in Pittsburgh
(PCMA leadership took questions at the Town Hall held at Convening Leaders in Pittsburgh. Pictured L-R: PCMA President & CEO Sherrif Karamat, 2018 Chair Claire Smith, 2018 Foundation Chair David Peckinpaugh, 2019 Foundation Chair Carol McGury and 2019 Chair...
PSAV and The Freeman Co. to Acquire Encore Event Technologies
(Pictured L-R: Freeman CEO Joe Popolo and PSAV CEO Mike McIlwain) PSAV, a global leader in event experiences, and The Freeman Company jointly announced that the companies have entered into a purchase agreement for PSAV to acquire Encore Event Technologies, a global...
NAIAS’ Off to Fast Start as 2019 Show Begins
The 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) got off to a fast start this weekend as more than 500 people saw some of the world’s most exotic cars at The Gallery, four trucks completed a 10-day journey that ended in downtown Detroit and thousands of media,...
2019 SEGD Global Design Awards Opens for Entries
The 2019 SEGD Global Design Awards, the only international awards program focused on user experiences in the built environment—setting the standard of excellence in environmental graphic design and experiential graphic design for more than 30 years—officially opened...
Data Security Proposal Wins First PCMA North American Student Competition
(Pictured: The winning students from Kansas State University) Nearly two dozen collegiate teams from across the U.S. submitted proposals for PCMA’s inaugural Business Events Industry Student Challenge competition, which tested student knowledge of understanding issues...
Features
“The Don & Mike Show” Gains a Sponsor & Begins Podcasting Twice a Week in 2019
(Pictured L-R: Rich Curran, president of ESCA; Mike Morrison and Larry Arnaudet, executive director of ESCA) by Jeanne Brei Beginning Jan. 8, The Don & Mike Show will begin podcasting twice a week—keeping their original Friday podcasts and adding a Tuesday Don...
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Association News: Upcoming EDPA Meetings
Exhibit City News is launching more coverage of industry association news in 2019. Here's the first quarter EDPA meetings that are currently scheduled. EDPA Northern California - Jan. 17 NorCal's first meeting of 2019 will show how to recognize and skillfully manage...
Celebration of Life for Mary Ann Furnish to be Held Jan. 17 in Santa Clara, Calif.
A Celebration of Life for Mary Ann (Mayers) Furnish will be held Jan. 17, 1:45 - 3 p.m., at the Jamison-Brown House, 1505 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050 (next to the Triton Museum of Art) immediately following the EDPA NorCal chapter quarterly meeting with...
Shop to Showfloor: Q&A Spotlight with John Gorey
(Pictured L-R: Anthony DePaulo, retired, international VP, I.A.T.S.E., with John T. Gorey at the I.A.T.S.E Quadrennial convention.) Five Questions for the IATSE Tradeshow Dept. International Rep by Jeanne Brei John Gorey grew up in New York City and became the fourth...
The D.E.A.L.: Café Patachou Serves Truly “Farm Fresh” Indiana Eggs
The D.E.A.L. – Dining: Featuring a Farm-to-Table Sustainable Menu Martha Hoover’s Café Patachou is more than a neighborhood restaurant and an award-winning café; it’s been a local institution since 1989. Long described as “a student union for adults,” the five...
Digging Deeper: Three Steps To Gain a Better Understanding of Exhibit Booth Audiences
by Schae Kane (pictured above), director, strategy at FreemanXP With dozens of options for attendees to choose from, getting them to notice your exhibit booth is a science. In fact, it’s become a fairly complicated science, thanks to the demand for deeper, more...
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Lisa Dworsky Joins ConferenceDirect as Sr. Dir. Sales Development
Lisa Dworsky has been named senior director, sales development at ConferenceDirect. She will manage ConferenceDirect’s preferred relations for hotel chains and destination management organizations and help preferred partners grow their business and exposure with...
David Miles appointed as CFO at ExCeL London
ExCeL London has announced the appointment of David Miles as chief financial officer. Miles worked at the Big 6 accounting firm BDO, for 21 years, 15 of which as an audit and advisory partner, where he specialized in strategic consulting with high growth,...
ProExhibits Welcomes Mike Lima as Operations Manager
Joining as an operations manager, Mike Lima brings more than 25 years of industry experience to help the rapidly expanding production department of ProExhibits, an award-winning supplier of custom designed events, exhibits and environments. In this new role, Lima will...
beMatrix Continues To Expand U.S. Sales Team
(Pictured L-R: Southeast Business Development Executive Jessie Fream and Northeast Business Development Executive Ashley Campbell) beMatrix USA continues to grow and expand by adding Northeast Business Development Executive Ashley Campbell and Southeast Business...
Visit Indy Announces New Hires & Promotions for 2019
Pictured L-R, top row: Visit Indy Midwest Senior Sales Manager Baylee Johns, Sales Manager Brooke Godsey, Meetings Express Sales Manager Ashley Sisson; bottom row: Senior Sales Manager Of Business Development & Customer Relations Emily Scheiderer and Business...
Marisa Lichtenstein Joins Level5 Events by The Expo Group
The Expo Group, an exhibitions and events partner that invests in growth, has added experiential marketing and business development leader Marisa Lichtenstein to its Level5 Events by The Expo Group team. “Marisa understands the power of face-to-face events as...
World
Dubai Looks to Build on Business Events Momentum from IBTM World
Dubai’s growing business events sector, a key contributor to the emirate’s economy, was showcased to an audience of international meetings industry professionals at IBTM World held Nov. 27-29 in Barcelona. Dubai Business Events, the city’s official convention bureau,...
Business Events & Tourism Thriving in North Africa
by Danielle Curtis, exhibition director – Middle East, Arabian Travel Market & IBTM Arabia The countries of North Africa are once again attracting attention from global business event organizers, with several city destinations in the region emerging as hot spots...
Prague Congress Center Earns the “Top Responsible Company” Award
Organized by Byznys Pro Společnost, in cooperation with Zátiší Catering and the PCC, the first completely sustainable event took place at the Prague Congress Center last month and saved more than 60 percent of waste, helping the Prague Congress Center to earn the "Top...
ABPCO Launches Sustainability Report and Roadmap
Timed to coincide with the opening of the COP24 climate talks in Katowice, Poland, ABPCO has released a report and a Sustainability Roadmap for the creation of a more sustainable events industry. Following attendance at a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...
“Meeting Room of the Future” Report Finds Experience Creation as Top Priority
According to IACC’s inaugural APAC edition of its "Meeting Room of the Future" report, experience creation is the top priority for event planners in Asia Pacific. The report, released Dec. 14, reveals that 66 percent of the region’s meeting planners claim delegates...
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