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Apr 10, 2014
Trade Show News Network will be offering another complimentary webinar in its well-regarded series – “How to Leverage Content Marketing To Grow Your Event”, April 17 at 1 p.m. EST. Sign up HERE.
The one-hour discussion will be moderated by Traci Brown, owner of the Trade Show Institute.
Guest Panelists will include Joe Pulizzi of Content Marketing Institute, Chris Dolnack of the SHOT Show and NSSF.org and Monica Haley of AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
The Content Marketing Institute defines Content Marketing as a marketing technique of creating and… more
Apr 09, 2014
Have you ever wanted to jet off to London and stay for a few nights? Or how about hobnobbing around Monaco during a four-night stay at the Fairmont Monte Carlo? If you’re more interested in staying local, there’s always a Dallas Cowboys football game and a round of golf too.
All of these experiences and many more items now are available as part of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research Foundation’s Silent Auction.
There are 60 items in all that include more industry-specific items like a 2014 Expo! Expo! IAEE's Annual Meeting Exhibition Full Registration and Hotel… more
Apr 08, 2014
Both Pittsburgh and Vancouver, B.C., have reasons to celebrate recently, with the Pennsylvania city’s convention and visitors bureau posting positive results for last year overall and the Canadian West Coast city’s main venue touting successes as well.
VisitPITTSBURGH unveiled at its April 3 annual meeting that the travel and tourism industry in Allegheny County generated $5.5 billion in spending, supports 39,000 jobs and creates nearly $340 million in tax revenues.
Craig Davis, the bureau’s president and CEO, said that the VisitPITTSBURGH convention sales team… more
Apr 07, 2014
Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Guangdong Toy Association (GDTA) have signed a Letter of Intent to join forces in organizing the Guangzhou International Toy and Hobby Fair and the Guangzhou International Stroller and Baby Product Fair starting in 2015.
Stephan Buurma, managing director of Messe Frankfurt Asia Holding Ltd and a member of the Extended Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt GmbH, said: “Messe Frankfurt is committed to providing diversified quality trade fairs in different markets and have already achieved huge success and recognition with over 30 trade shows in… more
Apr 07, 2014
Change is a constant factor for the information technology trade show Interop that took place March 31-April 4 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Few things change faster than IT. Staying relevant, competing with proprietary vendor events and creating a sense of community have been at the top of the priority list for the show’s organizer UBM Tech, with some of the most successful methods being surprisingly old school.
“Interop is designed to meet the IT professionals’ needs. Their roles are tricky right now too because things are changing so rapidly with cloud computing,… more
Apr 07, 2014
Because of increased exhibit space demand, an additional hall will be used for the second staging of ProWine China, providing 50 percent more space. This exhibition for wines and spirits in China will take place from Nov. 12-14 in the SNIEC exhibition center in Shanghai.
ProWine China will be held alongside FHC China, the country’s leading trade fair for imported food.
The first edition of ProWine China in November 2013 drew 570 wine and spirit producers from 30 nations who presented their products to 7,650 trade visitors from China and Asia.
A number of exhibitors are expanding… more
Apr 07, 2014
The Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) drew more buyers and record orders at its 20th anniversary edition held March 4-8.
The five-day show had estimated sales of US$892 million and a 6 percent jump in attendees to 19,472 visitors, including 6,171 international buyers from 141 countries and regions.
The turnout of the international and local buyers has created more business opportunities to the 503 exhibitors from 13 countries and regions who were in the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) and Matrade Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC) with their latest range and wide-variety… more
Apr 07, 2014
The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) unveiled its 2014 marketing strategy for the exhibition industry, which includes a three-year industry-focused roadmap. TCEB is targeting a 5% increase in the number of MICE travellers for the international exhibition segment to 181,200, and a 10% growth in revenue to US$473 million in 2014.
TCEB identified three key marketing roles in the strategy. As connector/facilitator, the bureau will focus on establishing connections and providing support for the private sector to enable business opportunities. Secondly, TCEB will act as marketer/… more
Apr 07, 2014
Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture is planning for a new convention venue capable of hosting large-scale events of up to 20,000 people. According to the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB), discussions and research for a suitable location is currently underway with a final decision expected sometime next year.
Parties involved with discussions are reportedly favouring locations near to the prefecture capital’s Naha Airport, hotels, and other key attractions. Currently, the largest convention centre in the prefecture is the Okinawa Convention Center, which offers a maximum… more
Apr 07, 2014
APLF Limited, a subsidiary of UBM Asia, organised the 30th anniversary edition of MM&T and Fashion Access from 31st March to 2nd April 2014 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The organiser estimated a total of 1,700 exhibitors and around 30,000 buyers attended MM&T is an annual event for the global leather industry. Exhibitors at MM&T covered a wide range of industry sectors including semi-finished and finished leather, hides and skins, exotic leather, equipment, chemicals and dyes for tanning and leather trading.
Fashion Access featured a wide range of… more
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