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CEIR Index: Government/Nonprofit and Medical Meetings Outperform Other Sectors

In 2009, a historically bad year for exhibitions, government/nonprofit conventions and medical exhibitions were among the best performing industries measured in the CEIR Index annual report...

Association Meetings Readers Say Worst is Behind Them

Our second-annual survey of the effects of the economy on Association Meetings readers confirms what has been observed since we did the first survey last November: 2009 was a very difficult year. There is some optimism for 2010, or at least a belief that the bottom has been reached: 38.5 percent of meeting planners believe 2010 attendance at their largest meeting will be better than 2009...

Booths, Banners, and Beyond

New York City is a lot of things, but inexpensive is not one of them. That left the National Speakers Association, which is holding its 2008 annual convention...

Trade Shows and ROI

Why you should measure trade show returns on investment....

Tips for Retaining Exhibitors

How to keep exhibitors from pulling out of an exhibition...

Get Deviant

Greg Reid, CMO of YRC Worldwide, explained to ECEF show organizer attendees how to get the attention of their corporate marketing executive clients....

CVBs' Crystal Ball

CVB execs speak out on the economy, airlift trends, and financial and insurance meeting trends...

Best Trade Show Sites

The Society of Independent Show Organizers; The Jordan, Edmiston Group Inc.; and Tradeshow Week announced their picks for “best in class” trade show Web sites at the SISO Executive Conference in Atlanta in August....

Planning Offshore Expositions

What you need to know to plan offshore expositions....

Making Trade Shows More Eco-Friendly

How you can help exhibitors minimize their environmentally unfriendly mess ...

Risk Management and Emergency Prepardness for Trade Show Organizers

Risk Management Case Study

The American Academy of Family Physicians plans for a possible avian flu pandemic. ...

A Planner's Guide to Preparedness

Emergency preparedness for trade show organizers...

Crisis Management/Security

How to be prepared for the worst...

Freeman Pandemic Guide

The Freeman Company's Guide to Pandemic Prepardness...

Trade Show-Related Research

State of the Tradeshow Industry Reports

The International Association Of Exhibitions and Events' reports on trade shows...

Trade Show Research Reports

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research reports on trade shows. ...

Exposition Industry Census

Statistics you need to identify involvement, plan strategies, set legitimate goals, and measure progress...

TSNN Trade Show Directory

A directory of trade show/event, supplier, and venue databases...

Trade Show News, Commentary and Blogs

PCMA 2010: Innovation and Reinvention

Despite the economy, the level of engagement of our membership is at an all-time high, said John Folks, at a press conference held during the Professional...

Face2face on trade shows

The MeetingsNet blog's roundup of trade show news and views...

Behind the Story

News and analysis from Trade Show Week editors...

Event Tech Blog

An exploration of the latest in event technology...

Tradeshow Startup

Experience the thrills and chills of a trade show entrepreneur as he builds a show....

TSMI's Trade Show Marketing Reports

Expert trade show marketing advice...

E-Venting

A Blog on Interactive Advertising and Marketing, Including Trade Shows...

Tradeshow Life

News and Dialog for Trade Show Enthusiasts...

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