The fourth annual EDPA Hockey Extravaganza was played Wednesday in honor of Tony Barras, who made his career in the tradeshow industry and was an inspiration in founding the charity event.
The Exhibitor Advocate, the only nonprofit association wholly dedicated to trade show exhibitor success, today released the 2025 Annual Survey of Exhibition Rates, the industry’s most comprehensive independent benchmark of material handling, labor, booth furnishings, internet access, and other essential exhibition costs across 23 major U.S. cities.
Paul Kahler of IPME and Scott Sengpiel of LVE each scored two goals Wednesday in leading the East squad to a 6-3 victory over the West in EDPA Hockey Extravaganza IV at City National Arena in Las Vegas. The East leads the series 3-1.
As top draft choice for the fourth annual EDPA Hockey Extravaganza, Corey Johnson isn’t expecting much of a signing bonus and he’s still negotiating a long-term contract to play for the East squad. He’s aiming for a few incentives, like free beer.
Las Vegas has lived in two sports lanes lately: Fernando Mendoza owning draft headlines and the Golden Knights grinding through Round 2 of the NHL
The Exhibitions Industry Collective has partnered with CNTV to produce a new workforce development video series highlighting the diverse career opportunities in the exhibitions and events industry.
Waterfall-like LED rock walls, 3D-printed sculptural forms, and mushroom-themed environments stood out during a recent EDPA Mountain/Northwest webinar on EuroShop 2026. However, the biggest takeaway
The Exhibit Designers and Producers Association (EDPA) Las Vegas Chapter will host its 23rd Annual Education Scholarship Golf Classic on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Stallion Mountain Golf Club in Las Vegas.
In January of 2024, the Exhibitions Industry Collective was born. Made up of six exhibition industry organizations (ECA, ESCA, EDPA, IAEE, IAVM, and SISO), the collective was created “To bring our shared knowledge together to create a visible, meaningful and lasting foothold on careers in the exhibitions ecosystem,” said IAEE president and CEO, Marsha Flanagan, M.Ed., CEM in the organization’s first press release.
Earlier this month, Jessica Sibila, CMP, CTSM, executive director The Exhibitor Advocate, held a webinar with Joe Federbush, president and chief strategist, of EVOLIO Marketing: The Uncomfortable Truth, What Exhibitors Really Think and Why It Matters. Sibila and Federbush wanted to discuss the results of an ongoing survey The Exhibitor Advocate and EVOLIO Marketing are conducting to analyze the current state of event marketing from an exhibitor perspective.
The 43rd United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) General Convention transformed The Paris Las Vegas into a celebration of its leaders and members, and of the craftsmanship that unites them.
If you ask anyone in the tradeshow industry what is top of mind these days, almost everyone will give you the same answer: rising costs.
From lingering inflation and labor shortages to economic uncertainty and trade wars, it has rarely been more expensive to organize, host, attend, or exhibit at a tradeshow.
