Reed Travel Exhibitions rebranded its recently acquired ICOMEX show in Mexico. It is now ibtm latin america, part of the ibtm portfolio.Ibtm latin america will remain in Mexico City, and will become part of the ibtm global hosted-buyer program…..
Live events continue to play a key role in the B-to-B sales cycle, according to new research published in the Harvard Business Review. The report says buyers do a lot of preliminary research on the Internet, but also place a high value on personal interactions with sellers.
LIGHTFAIR International returns to Philadelphia in 2017. AmericasMart says the city’s convention center can accommodate the growing show. LIGHTFAIR set a show record of 268,580 nsf in New York this year. The 2016 show takes place in San Diego as part of an East-West rotation…
IAEE named longtime association executive Lawson Hockman as its 2015 Legend of the Industry at this year’s Krakoff Leadership Institute. Hockman has spent 45 years in the trade show arena and is currently a vice president of industry relations at IMN Solutions…..
UBM EAS named Las Vegas as the host of Routes America 2017, an international conference for airline executives and government officials. Routes focuses on the development of international air travel. Las Vegas was the first U.S. city to host the event in 2013….
Toronto’s Direct Energy Centre, Canada’s largest trade show venue, has been renamed Enercare Centre in a $7.5 million naming-rights deal. The rebranding deal runs into 2026 and includes a public space inside the building showcasing Enercare, Inc.’s products and services….
Two U.S. senators called on the Justice Dept. to ‘closely scrutinize’ the proposed merger of online travel agencies Orbitz and Expedia. Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, say the merged companies would control 75% of online bookings and stifle competition….
The opening of Harrah’s Atlantic City Waterfront Conference Center has been set for Sept. 17. The center has 100,000 sf of meeting space. The newly built center has two 50,000 sf flexible ballrooms and is the largest hotel-conference complex between Boston and Baltimore….
Hyatt is renovating the meeting space at its two downtown Denver convention hotels at an estimated cost of $10 million. The twin projects cover four ballrooms plus meeting space at the Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency hotels at the Colorado Convention Center….
