Expo Industry Wire

Hanley Wood Acquires Conference and Expo from U.S. Green Building Council

mrondon — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:45 +0000

05/2013

Event brings in 900 exhibitors and 30,000 attendees.

Baltimore Convention Board Names New Chair

mhart — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:27:08 +0000

05/2013

Atwood “Woody” Collins III has been named chair of the Baltimore Convention & Tourism Board, which oversees both Visit Baltimore (the city’s convention bureau) and the Baltimore Convention Center.

CTIA 2014, UBM Tech’s 4G World to Collocate

mrondon — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:42:31 +0000

05/2013

Super Mobility Week adds three partners to bolster content, marketing for 2014 launch.

GLM Expands Antiques Portfolio With Acquisitions

mhart — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:03:59 +0000

05/2013

GLM Shows has acquired two high-profile New York City antique shows, following its acquisition of the Miami National Antiques Show earlier this year.

Chicago Plans Events Center, Re-signs Major Shows

mhart — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:08:22 +0000

05/2013

McCormick Place to add connected entertainment district; extends two major shows.

GLM’s Launch LA Put On Hiatus

mrondon — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:32 +0000

05/2013

Updated: GLM has temporarily shut down Launch LA, a consumer lifestyle event in its second year.

BestCities Lists Top Global Medical Meeting Sites

mhart — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:58:44 +0000

05/2013

Two North American cities are on a list of the best destinations in the world for health care meetings.

HCEA Annual Meeting Starts June 22

mhart — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:52:19 +0000

05/2013

The HCEA Annual Meeting will take place June 22-25 at the Austin (Texas) Convention Center and Hilton Austin.

HIMSS Honors Hospital CEOs

mhart — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:09:10 +0000

05/2013

The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has named the presidents of two hospitals the 2013 recipients of its CEO IT Achievement Awards.

PCMA to Launch Medical Meetings Summit in London

mhart — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:08:29 +0000

05/2013

The first-ever PCMA Global Medical Meetings Summit will take place July 17-20 at the ExCel London Exhibition & Convention Centre.

Pharma, Meet Packaging. Packaging, Meet Pharma

mhart — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:55:00 +0000

05/2013

PMMI, which owns and produces the PACK EXPO tradeshows, and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) will partner in the launch of a new event designed to connect pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers with the packaging industry.

Small Cap Pharma Stocks Leap as ASCO Approaches

mhart — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:17 +0000

05/2013

In advance of the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO) scheduled May 31-June 4 in Chicago, a number of small cap stocks in the pharmaceutical and biomedical sectors have seen their stock prices climb precipitously.

ExpoNext to Offer CE Credits

mrondon — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:32 +0000

05/2013

ExpoNext has been certified for CEM continuing education credits by IAEE.

Awards Season at IAEE

mhart — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:07:15 +0000

05/2013

The International Association of Exhibitions & Events (IAEE) is now accepting nominations for awards that will be presented and displayed during Expo! Expo! IAEE’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition Dec. 10-12 in Houston.

NRA Show Breaks Showfloor, Attendance Records

mhart — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:59:11 +0000

05/2013

National Rifle Association officials attribute the record-breaking growth of the NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits to the political atmosphere in the United States since the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., in December.

SHOT Show, Reed End Management Partnership

mrondon — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:52:36 +0000

05/2013

Updated: Reed Exhibitions will no longer produce or manage the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show), effective immediately.

CES Audit Confirms Record International Attendance

mhart — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:38:58 +0000

05/2013

The 2013 International CES saw a record international attendance—36,206—from 150 countries, according to an independent audit conducted by Veris Consulting and released May 7.

McCormick Place Makes the Switch to 100 Percent Wind Energy

traphael — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:20:11 +0000

05/2013

Facility purchases Green-e Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) generated from wind power to match 100 percent of its annual electricity demand.

Cosmoprof North America Gets a Makeover

mrondon — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:27:08 +0000

05/2013

Las Vegas beauty show undergoes redesign, with emphasis on registration and entrance areas.

People On The Move | 5.8.13

pubintern — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:20:54 +0000

05/2013

Important staff changes from around the expo, tradeshow and conference industries.

Public Show Sector Stabilizes in 2012

mrondon — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:49:19 +0000

05/2013

The public show segment stabilized in 2012 after three up-and-down years, according to a recent study by IAEE.

Reed Acquires Hardware Show in Guadalajara

mhart — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:55:30 +0000

05/2013

Reed Exhibitions has acquired Expo Nacional Ferretera, Mexico’s largest hardware and construction event, typically held in Guadalajara each year.

Nielsen Expositions Sells for $950 Million

mhart — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:20:11 +0000

05/2013

Onex Corp., a Toronto-based private equity firm, has acquired Nielsen Expositions for $950 million, according to a statement from Nielsen this morning.

Examining the Next Steps in Data Mining and Event Tech

mrondon — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:16:09 +0000

05/2013

ExpoNext speaker Kai Hattendorf, vice president of corporate communications, marketing and digital at Messe Frankfurt, shares his insight into what’s next in tech.

Nielsen Expositions Dips in Q1

mrondon — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:00:51 +0000

05/2013

Nielsen’s business segments went in different directions in the first quarter of 2013.