Industry News

Women and Tradeshows: The Early Years March is Women’s History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate influential women, whether they be inventors, scientists, entrepreneurs, politicians, doctors, friends or family. Everyone has at least one woman in their lives,...

Fix What’s Broken for Attendees at In-Person Events By Dahlia El Gazzar, DES Attendee engagement is at the heart of every show. Here, Expo! Expo! IAEE’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2022 presenter Dahlia El Gazzar, DES, Owner and Tech Evangelist at Dahlia+Agency,...

BUDGET BREAKDOWN:
How the Exhibiting Dollar is Spent Confronted with post-pandemic budgets and rising inflation, exhibit managers need to know exactly where their money is likely to go in the foreseeable future. To help you compare your allocations to industry...

3 Record-Breaking Expos Signal Optimism for Continued Industry Growth Despite news this year that has portrayed trade show attendance as being down overall, some events are clearly beating the odds. Three recent record-breakers—PACK EXPO International, PRINTING United...

As inflation soars across the world, making staples such as food, energy, clothing and household items more expensive, U.S. trade show organizers are also facing their fair share of price challenges. Costs for event aspects such as transportation, hotels, venues, food...

Facing Goliath: The Exhibitor Advocate stands up for tradeshow exhibitors—and they have more than slings and stones in their arsenal Jessica Sibila might have a better shot at tackling an NFL fullback or gaining control of a runaway train than reining in skyrocketing...

After nearly two years of COVID-19, and with the Omicron variant still spreading, there is a clear shared desire to move on. While there is currently no “going back” to the way things were in 2019 and before, as our habits, technologies and approaches have evolved...

In-person trade shows are continuing to make a comeback, filling a face-to-face business and knowledge gap for the industries they serve that digital-only events just can’t duplicate. Here are two major events that pulled off safe and successful iterations recently....

The future is bright for the meetings and events industry in Mexico and Latin America! This was evidenced by the recent in-person success of IBTM Americas, the leading annual event for the region’s meetings, incentives, conference and events industry. Held Aug. 18-19...

Las Vegas is home to world-leading tech conferences, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent in late 2021 and CES in January 2022. It’s where the world’s brightest minds once again are coming together – in person – to discuss the very future of tech, digital...

Life at one of the busiest convention centers in the U.S. has been anything but idle over the past 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. New York City’s Javits Center closed for events last year. But, has been humming with other activity ever since. It played a key role...

Peter Eelman, vice president and CXO at AMT — The Association For Manufacturing Technology, strode up to the stage at Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place. “We are coming back,” he said. “Let that soak in for a moment.” While he was specifically referring to the...

New B2B and B2C events The city of Detroit is about to become the launchpad for a host of new B2B and B2C events. The June 7 announcement follows the formation of a new partnership between New York-based MAD Event Management and Messe Düsseldorf North America. Plans...

What would happen if we reset the events industry to zero? There are no shows booked years in advance and no opportunities to meet customers and prospects face-to-face. This is the unimaginable experiment we all found ourselves in 2020. While on the treadmill of a...

The Purpose The newly launched non-profit, National Trade Show Alliance, is to help tradeshow industry workers recover, re-connect and get back to doing the work they love. The board of directors of the NTSA recognizes and values the good works of the many industry...

Honolulu – The Hawai‘i Convention Center welcomed 1,200 participants for the Hawai‘i Prayer Breakfast on May 7, 2021. It was the Center’s largest in-person meeting since the start of COVID-19 pandemic health and safety restrictions in March 2020. The breakfast...

May 19, 2021 TSNN News Boston Convention Centers Set to Reopen for Events at Full Capacity Call it the light at the end of the Ted Williams tunnel. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Kim Janey announced that pandemic restrictions will be lifted as of...

Global Exhibitions Day, set for June 2, offers an opportunity for the industry to remark about its uncanny resiliency and value, perhaps never more demonstrated than in the past year and a half. Worth an estimated $551 billion, according to a joint press release sent...

March 31, 2021 TSNN News Produce giants PMA and United Fresh agree to merge, effective in 2022 The Produce Marketing Association and United Fresh Produce Association have agreed in principle to pool resources to form one mammoth global trade association. The...

First Look at Elon Musk’s LVCC Loop The Loop System The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has provided a first look inside Elon Musk’s innovative underground transportation system located beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center campus. The first-of-its-kind...

With myriad U.S. convention centers launching health and safety programs as COVID vaccination roll-outs pick up steam across the country, venues are starting to welcome scaled-back trade shows and events. The Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta is such a host venue....