Sep 19, 2018 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
Pictured: “Big Al” Lichtman, Larry Arnaudet, Bruce Nable and Richard Curran at Woodlands Country Club Six Questions for a Man who’s a “People Person” by Jeanne Brei “Big Al” Lichtman stands 6’6” and looms large in the tradeshow world in Miami. Although he...
Sep 12, 2018 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
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...
Sep 6, 2018 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor, The Wow Booth
by Jeanne Brei and Pat Friedlander There’s no rule that all exhibits need to be in the convention hall. Just ask Philip Foust, vice president of growth and development at Skyline-Holt Exhibits + Events. His company partnered with Highmark TechSystems at the January...
Aug 14, 2018 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
What do you like best about working I&D? ECN visited InfoComm at the Las Vegas Convention Center just before the closing bell to ask the I&D fellows who were checking in to dismantle the booths an easy question…What do you like best about working I&D? Ken...
Aug 6, 2018 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
In Latest Trends, Lounges Replace Conference Tables by Cynthya Porter Walking the show floor, one used to be able to easily recognize the great many exhibits using rented furniture, mostly because it all looked more or less the same. For the small booths...
Jul 30, 2018 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
Six Questions for a Man with a Passion for Teaching & Training by Jeanne Brei ECN is planning a series of Q & As with the men and women who work on the show floor and behind the scenes. For our first one, we headed to the new training center for Teamsters 631...
