Central & North America

Pennsylvania Convention Center opens new on-site training centre
The Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC) has opened a new on-site training centre to provide the facility’s staff and…

You’ve launched a DEI and Belonging initiative: Now what?
The Society of Independent Show Organisers (SISO) is asking its members who have launched a DEIB initiative and are looking to…

Formal Markets sells out space for August editions in Atlanta and Las Vegas
Exhibits and on-site experiences are bigger than ever, say organisers of the upcoming editions of Formal Markets in Atlanta and…

Trifecta Collective acquires TRANSACT trade show from the Electronic Transactions Association
TRANSACT a market-leading annual event in the payments processing industry, has been acquired by trade show platform, the…

São Paulo: IEG acquires InfraFM Expo and enters the facility management market
Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), a leading organiser of global trade shows and conferences, is continuing its expansion in…

‘Crazy’, ‘wrong, entrepreneurs wow a sold out ECEF 2024 audience
In the risk-taking spirit of her Cuban immigrant family, this year’s keynoter of the 23rd annual Exhibition and Convention…

Industry hails largest ever Legislative Action Day in Washington DC
More than 130 business events industry leaders and advocates from 25 US states met with policymakers on Capitol Hill in…

What trade shows can and should learn from the award shows
SISO CEO Vincent Polito urges organisers to take some storytelling leaves out of the award planners’ playbook: We’ve been witness…

Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority approves HQ hotel
The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (the Authority in New Orleans, USA, has approved two resolutions…

Emslie back on the event launch trail with partners Stateside
Veteran event organiser Doug Emslie, chairman of Cuil Bay Capital and Raccoon Media Group in the UK, is back on the event…

Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance welcomes ICCA as its newest alliance partner
The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA), the unified advocacy voice of the US business events industry, has…