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People on the Move Michael Hart - 05/12/2008
The Exhibitor Support Centre at Toronto's Direct Energy Centre, supplier of on-site retail business services, named Catherine Earnhart acting business manager. Royal Productions appointed Don Hardenstein vice president of sales and marketing. He was previously east region vice president of sales, exhibit and design for GES Exposition Services. More
Don Freeman Dropping His CEO Title By Michael Hart - 05/05/2008
Continuing a family tradition, Donald S. Freeman Jr. will step aside July 1 as CEO of Freeman, one of the two largest general service contractors in the tradeshow industry, as two other family members move up. Freeman, 70, will continue as chairman.
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People on the Move 04/28/2008
The Southwest Washington Convention & Visitors Bureau in Vancouver, Wash., hired Rosemary Cooke as director of sales. The Jordan Edmiston Group Inc. appointed Thomas Creaser to the newly created position of executive vice president. Michael Daniels joined ConventionPlanit.com as director of special markets.
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Readers Speak: How Low Can We Go? 04/07/2008
After Sept. 11, the exhibition industry went into an economic downturn that, along with the larger economy, had actually begun some time in advance of the terrorist attacks themselves. The resulting “perfect storm” of travel restrictions, coupled with a reluctance to gather in large public assembly halls, spelled disaster for exhibitions.
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People on the Move 01/28/2008
Freeman promoted Nelson Aveleno to vice president of exposition services sales for its national sales group. Aveleno joined Freeman in 1999 as director of sales for the western region of the executive sales group. In his new role, he will remain in Anaheim. Guy Bagg was named director of group sales for the mid-Atlantic region at Preferred Hotel Group.
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People on the Move 11/12/2007
People in the industry are moving up, moving on and joining companies.
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People on the Move Michael Hart - 10/22/2007
Tradeshow Week Advertising Director Nancy Walker has been appointed associate publisher. Walker will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the magazine as the search for a publisher continues. Patrick Buchen, president and CEO of Adjuvant Expos, was named chairman of the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events' recently formed Public Events Council.
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Wilson to Speak at National Conference Staff - 10/11/2007
Tara Wilson, president of Fort Worth, Texas-based Tara Wilson Events, was selected as guest educator for the annual tradeshow and conference for the event planning industry, The Special Event, Jan. 15-18 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
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Behind The Story Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week May 14, 2008 What’s Going on in Las Vegas?
At the end of last week, I attended the annual Las Vegas meeting of the Southwest cha... More
Event Tech Blog Stephen Nold, President, Advon Technologies May 13, 2008 Hi, I am NOT a Mac…
When you watch a Mac commercial, you can see very quickly that I resemble the PC gu... More
Event Tech Blog Stephen Nold, President, Advon Technologies May 8, 2008 Introductions
Introduction
Hey there everybody
Please don't romp or roam
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