Central & North America

Vegas Visitor Profile Study shows satisfaction in destination experience and recovery of visitation numbers
The majority of visitors to Las Vegas in 2021 felt their travel experience met or exceeded their expectations…

Blue Ant Media expands its consumer show business to the West Coast with The Baby Show Vancouver
Blue Ant Media announced, 3 March, its acquisition of The Vancouver Baby & Family Fair and the expansion of…

Emerald reports 2021 financial results and plans for full slate of events in 2022
US trade show organiser Emerald Holding has reported financial results for the year ended 31 December, 2021, a year in which…

OFFPRICE in Vegas rallies the retail sector
The Tarsus-organised retail industry event, the OFFPRICE Show, held at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, 13-16 February, was…

Recovery in play as US organisers hold course with plans to run events – CEIR tracker poll
This week the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) published results from its January 2022 Tracker Poll with US…

2021 NYC Anime Convention was likely not Omicron superspreader, concludes new CDC study
The New York City Anime convention held last November in the Javits Center, was most likely not a superspreader event for…

IMC Centers to acquire Shoppe Object and Shoppe Online
US-based International Market Centers has announced an agreement to acquire Shoppe Object, a design-focused home and lifestyle…

Las Vegas’ appetite for trade shows continues
Trade show organisers Emerald and Questex will join forces to stage the Las Vegas Food and Beverage Industry Week, an inaugural…

Messe Frankfurt and Inexmoda licensed to launch Heimtextil Colombia in April
Global trade fair and event organiser Messe Frankfurt has licensed the Heimtextil brand to Inexmoda, a private non-profit…

John Rozum awarded Meeting Professional of the Year
Director of Ag, utility exhibitions and events for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), John Rozum (pictured), has…

Las Vegas leads the way for in-person trade shows
Since June, the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) hosted 52 trade shows and events with more than 700,000 attendees, according…