



2020 Exhibits announced that Samantha Babine has been promoted to Vice President of Sales. This decision reflects the company’s continued investment in strategic growth and client success.

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.