The Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce several promotions that reflect not only the team’s continued dedication, but further the organization’s overarching strategic goals.
Change the Course, an initiative of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), and Legends Global, the premier partner to the world’s greatest live events, venues, and brands, announced a landmark partnership to create the Legends Global Acts Water Fund.
Storylink Creative is honored to make Exhibitor Magazine’s FindIt Top 40 list of the world’s best tradeshow exhibit providers for the second consecutive year. According to Exhibitor editor, Emily Olson, the designation “serves as a sort of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” for those in the tradeshow industry.
EXHIBITORLIVE, in partnership with Brumark and Fern, an Nth Degree company, the event’s general service contractor, will introduce a fully recyclable carpet solution at EXHIBITORLIVE 2026, taking place March 29–April 2 in Tampa, Florida. The initiative expands a well-established recovery program designed to help reduce flooring waste from large-scale events and advance practical sustainability solutions for the trade show industry.
I was very excited to attend HIMSS Annual Conference at the Venetian in Las Vegas earlier in March. The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition continues to be the most influential gathering in healthcare technology.
Tradeshows are getting more expensive every year. Floor space, freight, drayage, labor, travel, hotels. The investment keeps climbing. Yet one thing hasn’t changed in decades: most exhibitors still don’t know how to produce measurable ROI from that investment.
Last fall, we ran an experiment inside Club Ichi that scared a lot of people (that was the point).
We called it Brains Behind the Bots, a live event built as part of an AI Hackathon. The premise was simple: what happens if we let AI help build an event from the ground up, in real time, with professionals watching every decision, mistake, and course correction?
Align Exhibits announced the addition of Cara Bertino as Account Manager, supporting the company’s Tampa team and helping manage complex trade show programs for national clients.
There’s no denying the downturn in visitors to Las Vegas. Blackjack tables are a little less crowded, Strip traffic is lighter, and you might not need a reservation to get into Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen. Better call to make sure.
Your controller slides the quarterly P&L across the table after a strong run of shows. Revenue is up 42 percent. You should be smiling.
You’re not.
Gross margins look fine.
Mark Herrera, president and chief security strategist for Global Awareness Professionals, LLC (GAP) is pleased to announce that GAP has formed a leadership team designed to expand the company’s reach and have a deeper impact within the industry. The GAP team is working to set policy and procedure to accommodate the rapid business growth anticipated in the future.
Eagle Management Group (“Eagle”) is announcing a leadership transition within its Orlando operations. Russell Markusic, City Manager, and Patty Markusic, CSR, will be retiring after 30 years of dedicated service to Eagle and the Orlando trade show community. Chris Perry will assume the role of City Manager, and George Duncan will step into the Assistant City Manager position.
