A new tool helps people-on-the-go find friends and family whenever they’re traveling. Free trip and travel itinerary tool Traxo.com automatically detects travel reservations booked online with major airline, hotel and car rental booking sites and securely imports them into your personal travel dashboard. The site then matches your travel plans with personal and business contacts. If overlapping plans are found, each party is alerted either via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter or on the Traxo Web site.

By Stacey Anderson O’BrienIn today’s tightening environment, most industry segments won’t continue to support multiple shows. If your show isn’t one of the top two in your industry, experts say, it’s in trouble. Even mega shows aren’t immune. Many will shrink according to market demand.Now is the time to take a hard look at your show, including strategically studying your exhibitors — which is sometimes called an exhibitor audit program.

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