TSE
Announces the Select Trade Shows that Will Be Celebrated This September as Gold
100 Honorees
By Hil Anderson, senior editor
Oceanside, CA – The International Consumer Electronics Show
(CES) grabbed the top spot in the Trade Show Executive Gold 100 rankings
of 2010, announced Darlene Gudea, president of Trade Show Executive Media Group
on May 18. The perennial pack leader spanned 1.4 million net square feet (nsf) of exhibit space,
snagging the title for three of the four years in which the Gold 100 has been published and
organized.
“While
it’s no surprise that CES topped the Gold
100 roster of the largest trade shows of 2010, there was plenty of
uncertainty over what other shows would make the cut, how they weighed in
compared to 2009, and what ideas they
implemented to maintain prosperity in a challenging
economy,” said Gudea. [The full list of honorees appears in a sidebar at the
end of this article as well as in the “Gold 100 Awards” tab.]
The
CES team from the Consumer
Electronics Association will be among the 200 exhibition industry luminaries on
hand at the Fourth Annual TSE Gold 100
Awards & Summit on September 21-23.
This year’s event moves up the coast to
the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, situated on one of the most beautiful
coastlines that California has to offer and an easy 25-mile drive southwest of
the San Francisco International Airport.
The
select group of guests will take part in a full schedule of networking
opportunities, a fast-paced conference and the highlight of the event, the
presentation of the TSE Gold Grand Awards at the always-exciting
dinner and gala.
The
honored shows range from the International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES ) at the top of the list to Reed Exhibition’s Book Expo at 174,500 net square feet
which edged out several other close contenders.
In between the two well-known brands are 98 other powerhouses in the
medical, food, construction and retail sectors. The rankings were compiled by TSE’s editorial team during a year-long
process of gathering data, resolving discrepancies, and obtaining certified
statements of accuracy from the organizers.
UBM’s David Levin Takes Center Stage
David
Levin, CEO of United Business Media (UBM), will be in the spotlight at Bob
Dallmeyer’s Power Lunch session, a
live version of TSE’s monthly
interview with industry visionaries. Levin joined UBM in 2005 and has led the
worldwide media firm through the recession and into an ambitious expansion
stage. UBM committed $287 million last year for the blockbuster acquisition of
Canon Communications LLC. And although
UBM’s print revenues continue to struggle with a drop of
(13.0)% in
the First Quarter of 2011, year-over-year revenue
for
UBM’s event division jumped 16% to £84 million (about
$139 million) and adjusted operating
profit surged 68% to £28 million (about $46 million). Hear firsthand about
Levin’s gutsy moves and future plans as he continues to make UBM one of the
most-watched and talked-about global companies in the trade show industry
today.
What’s in Your Wallet?
A
new research study on Executive Compensation Trends for 2012 is underway and will be released by
Exhibit Surveys, Inc. and Trade Show
Executive at the Gold 100 Summit. New ways to compensate and motivate high achievers
will be the focus of this presentation by Skip Cox, president and CEO of
Exhibit Surveys and Danica Tormohlen, contributing editor of Trade Show Executive.
“The high quality of
the conference, the elegant setting and the unparalleled gathering of industry
success stories has
made the Gold 100 Awards & Summit the
highlight of the year for the trade show industry,” said Diane Bjorklund, TSE’s
vice president of events. The event’s
top sponsors will present TSE’s Grand
Awards to the organizers of the trade shows that set the Gold Standard for
the exhibition industry.
An Advisory Board
Good as Gold
Trade Show Executive has assembled a
top-notch Gold 100 Advisory Board of
ten industry leaders, including:
·
Marian
Bossard, vice president, meetings & events, Toy Industry Association, Inc.
·
Chet Burchett, president,
Reed Exhibitions Americas
·
Darrell
Denny, senior vice president of business development, Nielsen Business Media
·
Kerry Gumas, president &
CEO, Questex Media Group
·
Peter
MacGillivray, vice president of events & communications of SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association
·
Karen
Malone, vice president of meeting services, HIMSS – The Healthcare Information
& Management Systems Society
·
Danny
Phillips, executive vice president, Advanstar Communications
·
Robert
Priest-Heck, president & CEO of Wheelhouse Solutions
·
Mia
Rampersad, vice president, trade show, International Housewares Association
·
Brian
Tully, executive director, Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC
Registration opens
May 20 and is complimentary to the honorees. The event is also expected to draw C-level
attendees, executive vice presidents, group show managers, show directors and
other VIPs from a wide cross section of for-profit companies and associations
to participate in the industry’s leading event for contacts and contracts.
Reach
Darlene Gudea, TSE president, at (760) 889-8585 or
dgudea@tradeshowexecutive.com;
Diane Bjorklund, TSE
vice president of events, at (630) 312-8915 or
dbjorklund@tradeshowexecutive.com
