Orlando’s March calendar includes five tradeshows at Orange County Convention Center and Rosen Shingle Creek, led by Global Pet Expo and Vision Expo. Design and Construction Week will leave Orlando after its 2026 run and move to Las Vegas in 2027.
Chicago’s March docket brings a full mix of buyer-driven tradeshows, venue positioning, and big-ticket planning. McCormick Place anchors the month with The Inspired Home Show and a late-March run of healthcare and pop-culture events, while the Chicago Auto Show added an overlanding campout and its First Look for Charity gala raised $2.03 million.
Las Vegas briefs this month run from show-floor scale to the metrics that sit behind demand. March’s calendar stacks seven tradeshows across the Las Vegas Convention Center and The Venetian Expo, led by CONEXPO-CON/AGG, HIMSS, and ISC West.
In Exhibit City New’s Quarter 2 magazine of 2025 the article “The Sustainability Myth” (page 80) appeared. Based on several interviews with executives regarding the misperception that sustainability costs more, the myth that sustainability was difficult to achieve was refuted.
Chicago opened 2026 with a mix of large-scale tradeshows, fan events, and hospitality updates across the city and nearby suburbs. February brings major draws at McCormick Place and downtown hotels, led by automotive and dental meetings.
Orlando entered late January with steady convention activity and a growing pipeline of consumer, trade, and fan-focused events across the Orange County Convention Center and resort-area venues. Recent shows underscored the market’s draw for large-scale exhibitions, while ticket demand signaled strong consumer interest heading into spring.
Las Vegas entered February with a full tradeshow calendar, building on a strong start to 2026. Activity spans fashion, automotive, veterinary, petroleum, and franchise events across the Las Vegas Convention Center and Strip-area resorts.
If you are reading this column, chances are you’ve been involved with more than a few tradeshows. Whether that involvement’s direct, or indirect, how do you define a tradeshow?
The 10-by-10 booth is the historical building block of expo floors so the question is, how much technology can you squeeze into that space and how much will it increase engagement?
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As Montreal expanded its infrastructure for Expo 67 and the 1976 Summer Olympics, talk naturally followed to the construction of a convention center. In 1983
The workforce that has filled convention centers for decades is changing in size and composition. And that has significant implications for the event industry & billions being invested in convention infrastructure.
