2017 TSNN Awards Top 50 Fastest-growing Shows Unveiled

May 1, 2017

For the eighth year in row, Trade Show News Network will hold its prestigious and original TSNN Awards program that honors the top fastest-growing shows in attendance and net square footage on tap Aug. 21-23 collocated with Connect Expo in New Orleans.

The list of 50 shows that will be feted during the three-day, celebration-filled event can be found listed below and also HERE

“The Top 50 fastest-growing show winners were chosen by their show’s growth rate between 2014-2016 in attendance and net square footage,” said TSNN President and Editor-in-Chief Rachel Wimberly.

She added, “We are really excited to fete all of the winners for an incredible three-day weekend celebration of the 2017 TSNN Awards at Connect Expo in New Orleans!”

During the celebration in New Orleans, the top association and for-profit fastest-growing shows in net square footage and top association and for-profit fastest-growing shows in attendance will be celebrated during the TSNN Awards Gala, along with the overall fastest-growing show in each category.

The top 25 winners in net square growth from 2014 to 2016 cover a wide range of industries, such as concrete, woodworking and solar.

The top 25 winners in overall attendance growth from 2014 to 2016 also are a diverse mix of industries, including music, helicopters and fashion.

The 2017 TSNN Awards event highlights include an opening night reception at the famous Mardi Gras World in New Orleans.

The next day will be the TSNN Awards Conference at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, as well as a breakfast and lunch with high-level keynotes.

The gala awards evening, which also will be held at the New Orleans CC, will celebrate the 50 fastest-growing shows in attendance and net square footage, as well as a special “Industry Icon Award” honoree, TSNN’s Best of Tech Innovation Award (sponsored by GES) and TSNN’s “Best of Show” awards, celebrating shows that are creating engagement on their showfloors in creative ways.

In addition, The Expo Group’s “Show Manager of the Year Awards” will be held during the 2017 TSNN Awards and will honor five show managers from different-sized shows in the industry. Nominations currently are open HERE.

The TSNN Awards is proud to be partnered with awards co-founder The Expo Group, as well as collocated with Connect Expo.

Connect Expo is a hosted-buyer, reverse-style trade show for the exhibition and trade show industry that is expected to draw more than 150 trade show organizers. For more information, please visit HERE.

HERE is a full list of TSNN Awards sponsors.

For more information on the TSNN Awards, please visit the asp designed web site - www.T-awards.com.

For sponsorship information on the 2017 TSNN Awards, please contact John Rice, head of TSNN sales and development, (617) 201 7088 jrice@tsnn.com.

Registration for the awards is limited to winners, their guests and sponsor suppliers. Please contact John Rice for more information on signing up as a supplier attendee.

Here are the 2017 TSNN Awards Top 50 Fastest-growing shows in net square footage and attendance:

Top 25 Fastest-growing in Net Square Footage

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World of Concrete

Solar Power International

NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits

ASCO Annual Meeting

Cosmoprof North America 2016

IFT16:  Where Science Feeds Innovation

Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market - July

CES

International Woodworking Fair (IWF)

2016 NBAA-BACE Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition

GIE+EXPO

MODEX 2016

The Work Truck Show

NAHB International Builders Show

Global Pet Expo

Natural Products Expo West/Engredea

2016 SGIA Expo

IPPE: International Production & Processing Expo

Fresh Summit Convention & Expo

HIMSS16

LIGHTFAIR International

NAB Show

National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show

SuperZoo

Top 25 Fastest-growing in Attendance

ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America

ASIS International

HAI HELI-EXPO

The NAMM Show

IAAPA Attractions Expo

Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show (WWETT)

Safari Club International Annual Hunter's Convention

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market

InfoComm International

SEMA 2016 Show (Specialty Equipment Market Association)

AAPEX

Premiere Orlando

RECon

MAGIC Market Week (WWDMAGIC/FN Platform/Sourcing at MAGIC/WSA@MAGIC/Project/Pool, STITCH, The Collective, Project Women’s) - Aug.

Summer Fancy Food Show

ASD Las Vegas - Aug.

Global Gaming Expo (G2E)

NADA/ATD Convention & Expo

NACS Show

CEDIA 2016

PLMA's Private Label Trade Show

American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting

ISC West  - International Security Conference West

IMTS - The International Manufacturing Technology Show

FDIC International (Fire Department Instructors Conference)

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