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Schuldenfrei Out, Weisgal In at TSEA By Gary Tufel - 05/12/2008
Stephen Schuldenfrei's sudden announcement that May 15 would be his last day as president of the Trade Show Exhibitors Assn. and the appointment of longtime member Margit B. Weisgal as executive director pose a number of challenges for the exhibitors association. More
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.
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TSEA Names New Executive Director 04/24/2008
Margit B. Weisgal has been named executive director of the Trade Show Exhibitors Assn. and current TSEA President Stephen Schuldenfrei has announced his retirement. Weisgal has been with exhibitor training consulting firm Sextant Communications for almost 20 years and in 2007 received TSEA's Distinguished Service Award.
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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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TSEA Staff Cutbacks Appear to Be Anomaly By Michael Hart - 04/28/2008
Industry association executives said the severe budget cutbacks that forced the Trade Show Exhibitors Assn. to lay off three of its five staff members is an anomaly, and that most of them have not experienced any problems because of the generalized economic downturn – so far.
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People on the Move 04/14/2008
Heiner Federli, chief executive of Swiss BEA Bern Expo from 2004 to 2007, has resumed the position on an interim basis following the illness of current CEO Christoph Caviezel. Jennifer Hoff was promoted to COO of Natl. Trade Productions and Jennifer Hardee to director of operations.
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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 03/24/2008
UFI, the Global Assn. of the Exhibition Industry, named Rowena Arzt director of business development. She replaced Briac LeMouel who died suddenly last October. Director of Administration Sonia Thomas was promoted to director of operations.
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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
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Hey there everybody
Please don't romp or roam
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