Industry News Archive
February 2019
February 14, 2019
TV Show Host Partners with Marketplace Events
Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel’s long-running former show “Dirty Jobs” and CNN’s current show, “Somebody’s Gotta Do It,” will partner with Marketplace Events to help promote its 60-plus shows. Marketplace Events, based in Solon, Ohio, produces 59 consumer home shows a …
February 14, 2019
Informa Sells UBM Life Sciences Media brands
A year after it acquired UBM Life Sciences media brands, Informa PLC has sold the assets to MJH Associates Inc. for just over $100 million and does not include the CBI events business. The deal will form a new business unit within MJH called MultiMedia Healthcare, LLC. With …
February 9, 2019
Once Competitors, Now Friends: Connections Housing Acquires Par Avion
Connections Housing announced this week that it has acquired Par Avion. Connections Housing serve many top trade shows, and manage more than 350 events each year. The two women-owned companies have both been in business for 30-plus years.
February 9, 2019
After One-Year Hiatus, Former Gold 100 Show Set to Re-launch With Sold-Out Exhibit Space
After shuttering its 2018 National RV Trade Show, the RV Industry Association—a trade group for the $50 billion industry—reported it sold out space for the March 12-14 launch of its dealer-focused event called RVX: The RV Experience in Salt Lake City.
February 9, 2019
Diversified Communications Promotes Mary Larkin
Mary Larkin has been promoted to President of Diversified Communications’ US Operating Division. She has been integral in growing Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Expo North America. Larkin is also currently serving as the incoming President of UFI.
February 7, 2019
AEG Facilities and SMG Merge, Form New Global Company
A major merger announced Thursday will create a giant, new global facility management and venue services company. AEG Facilities, the venue management subsidiary of AEG, and SMG, an Onex (ONEX) portfolio company, have agreed to merge and form a new standalone company, ASM Gl…
February 2, 2019
Feathr, Trade Show Ready Announce Partnership
After working together for two years, Feathr and Trade Show Ready have made their partnership formal. Feathr, a technology that makes it easy to generate a personalized digital media kit for each exhibitor, and Trade Show Ready, a team that specializes in engaging exhibitors…
February 2, 2019
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman Helps Break Ground on Downtown Exhibit Space
With the Las Vegas Winter Market in full swing last week, International Market Centers (IMC), owned by New York-based investment firm The Blackstone Group, broke ground on a new 315,000-square-foot (SF) exhibition center. The Expo at World Market Center (WMC) Las Vegas, whic…
January 2019
January 26, 2019
TSE Dashboard: November Numbers Up Slightly
The Trade Show Executive (TSE) Dashboard of Monthly Trade Show Metrics for November showed exhibit space jumped 1.4%, exhibitors rose 0.3%, and attendance was up 0.2%. While the numbers weren’t as robust as October’s, they still mark an uptick in a slow-starting quarter. Nov…
January 26, 2019
MHI Brings in Show Veteran Daniel McKinnon
The association that runs two key trade shows in the supply-chain industry brought in veteran exhibitions executive Daniel McKinnon to take over the portfolio later this year. McKinnon joins MHI as Executive Vice President of Exhibitions and Events where he will work alongsi…
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