Dec 03, 2015
By Elizabeth Johnson
Amongst packed aisles of security professionals testing new products and learning about trends at 2015 ISC East, Reed Exhibitions shared news that it’s launching a new event, Connected Security Expo, to collocate with ISC West next spring.
ISC East kicked off Nov. 18 in New York City. The sold –out, 33,000 net square foot Exhibit Hall was bustling with business being done. Thousands of buyers (total attendance rose 8.2 percent, compared with last year) roamed the showfloor reviewing the latest in surveillance, access control and security technology.
Buyers also attended… more
Dec 01, 2015
AmericasMart® Atlanta’s January 2016 Market Temporaries will post 100 percent year-over-year growth in international exhibiting companies, with globally sourced product presented across all 35 collections, according to JoAnn Miller Marshall, executive vice president of AmericasMart trade shows.
The growth in international exhibiting companies parallels continuing expansion for the AmericasMart temporaries mix, which will showcase more than 2,000 exhibiting companies at The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market® (Showrooms Jan.12-19; Temporaries: Jan. 14-18).
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Nov 29, 2015
If you’re wondering how to make your event more fun, engaging, memorable and valuable to all of the stakeholders involved, look no further for a great example than Niche Media’s Niche EventFest.
Niche EventFest, held Nov. 16-18 in New Orleans, took the typical event experience and infused it with unique experiences throughout, from an icebreaker that really worked at its opening party to a police escorted second line parade to another party and a “Shark Tank”-style event pitch on the final day.
The education, too, was right on the money, with sessions that ranged from perfecting negotiation… more
Nov 27, 2015
The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and they have quite a bit to celebrate. The number of events hosted in the Middle East by ADNEC grew from just 14 in 2005 to 327 at the end of 2014.
The number of visitors grew from 50,000 in 2005 to 1.6 million in 2014. That adds up to more than 10.7 million visitors over 10 years.
ADNEC’s impact on Abu Dhabi's economy is significant. Numbers at the end of Q3 2015 are at AED1.835billion (close to $500 million), up from the original projection of AED1.7billion ($460 million).
Major events hosted… more
Nov 27, 2015
Reed Exhibitions, part of RELX Group, has acquired Legend Exhibitions, the organization behind two of Europe’s leading retail technology and retail design events.
Legend Exhibitions’ portfolio includes RBTE (Retail Business Technology Expo), Retail Design Expo, Retail Digital Signage Expo, as well as three online content platforms (Essential Retail, Retail Design World and Essential Ecommerce).
The company also runs summits and forums for the retail sector that address the dynamic developments taking place in-store, online and in the multichannel environment.
Launched in 2011 and taking place… more
Nov 27, 2015
2017 International Buyer Program, International Buyer Program SELECT Applications Now Being Accepted
The 2017 International Buyer Program (IBP) and International Buyer Program SELECT www.export.gov/ibp application period now is open.
Interested shows have until Jan. 8, 2016, to apply. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Buyer Program is a joint government-industry effort designed to increase U.S. export sales by promoting international attendance at major U.S. industry exhibitions.
Exhibitors always are looking to connect with qualified buyers. If your show has exhibitors who are interested in exporting their goods and connecting with pre-screened buyers from… more
Nov 27, 2015
Leading into the end of 2015, there still are plenty of deals taking place, with companies such as Experient, Convention Data Services and SmithBucklin signing contracts recently.
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers and Experient have renewed their partnership for CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017, the largest show in North America for the construction industries.
Experient will be the official housing, registration and lead retrieval provider. At the show, Experient will be implementing eventBit, its newest addition to a suite of unified event technologies (registration, housing, mobile app and… more
Nov 24, 2015
Organized by UBM Trust, a joint venture with UBM Asia Ltd, SIGN CHINA, LED CHINA and LED LIGHTING CHINA 2015 successfully concluded Sept. 19 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), having received visitors from 154 different countries and regions.
Making its debut in the new host city Shanghai, the four-day event reaffirmed its world-leading status with 120,000 sqm of exhibition space and recording 82,523 visitor entries.
"We have participated in the show since 2005. We followed the organizer to Shanghai because we are… more
Nov 24, 2015
Messe Frankfurt’s new nonwovens event, the China International Nonwovens Expo & Forum (CINE – supported by Techtextil), concluded last month with positive results.
The three-day event was held in Shanghai Mart Oct. 14-16 and featured nearly 100 exhibitors covering an area of 6,000 square meters, which attracted nearly 5,000 visitors from 29 countries and regions.
Products featured included machinery and ancillaries for nonwovens, nonwovens and nonwoven products, raw materials and chemicals for nonwovens, and industry-related services, while the concurrent forum addressed the latest issues… more
Nov 24, 2015
Reed Exhibitions Greater China will hold its 8th annual Reed Exhibitions Greater China Scholarship Program award ceremony Nov. 21.
The Reed Exhibitions Greater China Scholarship program was created to attract young minds into the industry, while supporting the continual development and success of Reed Exhibitions Greater China and China’s exhibition industry as a whole.
Each year, the company awards grants to outstanding young talents who endeavor to serve China’s MICE trade through the exhibition industry.
This year’s 38 recipients, selected from a final pool of 188 candidates,… more
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