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Oct 17, 2013
The third edition of IMEX America, a trade show and conference for incentive travel, meetings and events, brought a taste of global destinations Oct. 15-17 to the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Modeled after IMEX Frankfurt, IMEX America brought about 2,700 mostly U.S.-based hosted buyers (up from 2,400 last year) and 1,700 attendees, who got a chance to connect with about 2,700 exhibitors representing 200 countries. The size of the showfloor was up 17 percent at 140,000 square feet.
“This has clearly been another year of significant growth,” said Ray Bloom,… more
Oct 15, 2013
Convention and visitors bureaus all over the United States made several hires in positions ranging from sales and marketing to business development.
In addition, other companies also kept us the brisk hiring pace that has been the trend for the past year.
The Fort Worth (Texas) Convention & Visitors Bureau (FWCVB) named Mitch Whitten as the new vice president of marketing and communications. A long-time resident of Fort Worth, Whitten is set to begin his new position Oct. 2.
On Nov. 18, Amy Patterson will join Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) as vice president, business… more
Oct 14, 2013
Gear Expo 2013, owned by the American Gear Manufacturers Association, saw growth in all three metrics – attendance, exhibitors and net square footage – at its recent show.
The biennial event, held Sept. 17-19 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, attracted more than 3,400 industry professionals, an 11.8-percent increase in attendance, compared with 2011.
The sold-out showfloor also had 219 exhibiting companies this year, a 26-percent increase, compared with 2011, and a 52,500 net square foot showfloor, which grew 29 percent since the 2011 show.
National Trade… more
Oct 14, 2013
Taking advantage of the cooperative partnership between the International Association of Exhibitions and Events and União Brasileira dos Promotores de Feiras (Brazilian Union of Exhibit Promoters), Reed Exhibitions in Brazil enrolled 12 participants in IAEE’s Certified Exhibition Management (CEM) Learning Program.
Those 12 went on to successfully complete the Exhibition and Event Sales Fundamentals and Event Marketing modules, which were held Sept. 2-3.
"This has been a great opportunity to fulfill the skills of our talented management in Brazil with the ‘essence… more
Oct 14, 2013
A Bugs Bunny Symphony performance at the black-tie gala and a community celebration marked the official Oct. 10-11 grand opening of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center’s renovation and expansion.
“The ‘new’ San Jose Convention Center advances downtown San Jose’s position as a premier convention destination and will help San Jose attract even more local, national and international events to spur economic activity and generate new tax revenues for our community,” said Mayor Chuck Reed.
The expanded facility features additional 125,000 square feet of… more
Oct 14, 2013
Convention Centers have identified growing international competition and government policies toward meetings and events participation as their top concerns heading into a period of slow economic recovery, according to the latest annual survey carried out by AIPC, the International Association of Convention Centres.
The survey, carried out between April and June 2013, achieved a 65 percent response rate from centers in 54 countries, with heavy participation from Europe.
"Growing competition amongst centers worldwide has been an issue for some years, but this very real spike in… more
Oct 13, 2013
The Palm Beach Show Group recently acquired Manhattan Media's Avenue Show, held at the Armory in New York City and focused on antiques, art and design.
The AVENUE Show marks the PBSG's first foray into New York City, with other events in Los Angeles, Dallas, Naples, Chicago, Baltimore and Palm Beach, Fla., where the company is based.
ﾓWe are delighted to be merging the AVENUE Show into our national offerings,ﾔ said Scott Diament, president and CEO of PBSG.
He added, ﾓWe have always known we wanted to have a premier venue in New York, and this show on Park Avenue in the heart of the… more
Oct 13, 2013
Where is the best place to network with trade show industry veterans and newbies alike? Where can you find out what’s trending in the expo world? Where can you debate the hottest topics in our industry?
For the past two years, every Wednesday at 12:00 PM ET show organizers, exhibitors, suppliers and media all gather together for an hour on Twitter to talk trade shows in 140 characters or fewer.
In the spring of 2011 Dana Freker Doody, Stephanie Selesnick and I began talking about starting a weekly, moderated Twitter chat focused specifically on trade shows. After receiving… more
Oct 13, 2013
With Google serving more and more secure searches and not displaying the keywords that bring traffic to their websites, it is becoming difficult for webmasters to determine which keywords and phrases are delivering maximum results.
While there are a number of options available for figuring this out in a roundabout way, e.g. by building powerful custom reports, one section that many webmasters may be neglecting to explore is the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) reports section in Google Analytics.
These reports provide information about Google Web Search queries returning URL results from your… more
Oct 13, 2013
With Google serving more and more secure searches and not displaying the keywords that bring traffic to their websites, it is becoming difficult for webmasters to determine which keywords and phrases are delivering maximum results.
While there are a number of options available for figuring this out in a roundabout way, e.g. by building powerful custom reports, one section that many webmasters may be neglecting to explore is the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) reports section in Google Analytics.
These reports provide information about Google Web Search queries returning URL results from your… more
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