Central & North America
Loss of 50 major B2B events has cost US economy $1.8bn
The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) has released preliminary projections of the impact the Covid-19 pandemic will…
Diversified Communications acquires Energy Storage North America
Diversified Communications has acquired Energy Storage North America (ESNA), the largest conference, exhibition and networking…
UFI Latin American Conference postponed
Global association for the exhibition industry UFI has announced the postponement of its Latin American Conference, originally…
US’ largest construction trade show remains open for business
North America’s largest construction trade show, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, is going ahead in Las Vegas amid a number of events postponing…
SXSW ‘show must go on’ as organisers explore virtual options
Organisers of tech and music conference South by Southwest (SXSW) have said they were “devastated” by the decision of The City…
Diversified cancels Seafood Expo due to coronavirus
Diversified Communications has cancelled its Seafood Expo, which was scheduled to take place 15-17 March. The event was scheduled…
Aventri releases easy check-in app Aventri Aloha
Event management software company Aventri has unveiled Aventri Aloha, an easy-to-use iPad app for checking in to small and medium…
Las Vegas welcomed 3.5m visitors in January
Las Vegas welcomed approximately 3.5m visitors in January, according to research published by the Las Vegas Convention and…
Reed Exhibitions acquires Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s events
International exhibition organiser Reed Exhibitions has announced the acquisition of two signature Intelligent Transportation…
HotelPlanner acquires EventConnect.com
US-based group hotel bookings platform HotelPlanner has acquired Australia-based online venue marketplace EventConnect.com…
RELX acquires US fraud-prevention company in $480m deal
UK-listed exhibition organiser and global information provider RELX is buying Arizona-based machine learning fraud prediction…