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If We Hold an Expo, Will They Come?

In the movie A Field of Dreams, one of the premises are, “If you build it, they will come.” It’s something our industry has counted on for decades and even longer! However, if people are fearful of going back to their offices, how are we going to get them to attend our exhibitions? The good news is that expos are open in China and Korea. Recently a select few have been held in the United States. Exhibitors and visitors are populating convention centers again. Unfortunately, even with a few shows [...]

By | 2020-07-17T10:40:34+00:00 July 17th, 2020|Americas, Exhibition Industry|0 Comments
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An update from the United-States

With the lack of a national coordinated response, Governors of all 50 States in the US have been compelled to establish COVID-19 policies for their respective states and citizens. Presently there are no restrictions on travel between States, although three of them: Connecticut, New Jersey and New York have placed 14 day quarantines on people arriving from a number of hot spots in the country. What this means for the largest exhibition market in the world: Most convention and exhibition centers i [...]

By | 2020-07-03T09:56:35+00:00 July 3rd, 2020|Americas, Exhibition Industry|2 Comments
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Innovative & Sustainable Events – A Recipe for Success!

Stephanie Selesnick, International Trade Information, Inc. Nick Dugdale-Moore, UFI’s European Regional Manager, is brimming with excitement over this year’s UFI European Conference, June 3-5 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Taking place in one of the most sustainable cities in the world, delegates will have a chance to experience Swedish style hospitality at the superb Gothia Towers hotel which sits atop the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre. The UFI European Conference, open to all exhibition prof [...]

By | 2020-03-04T14:24:40+00:00 March 4th, 2020|All|0 Comments
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The Coronavirus – An Update

Stephanie Selesnick, International Trade Information, Inc. A conversation took place on last week’s Twitter #Expochat, devoting the entire discussion to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on the US and global exhibition industry. Industry leaders Kai Hattendorf, MD/CEO of UFI, David Audrain, Executive Director of SISO, and Julius Solaris from Skift’s EventMB joined me as moderator. PCMA also was active on the chat. Large exhibitors in the US and Europe are cancelling booths and sponsors [...]

By | 2020-02-26T09:43:36+00:00 February 26th, 2020|All|3 Comments
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New Product Pavilions are Essential to Expos

On a global basis, the number one reason attendees and visitors go to trade shows is to see new products and services. This is borne out in UFI/Explori Visitor Surveys. CES 2020, the largest annual trade-only exhibition in the United States, was held earlier this month in Las Vegas, NV. It had over 175,000 attendees, 4400+ exhibiting companies, and almost 3 million square feet over five venues and took place for four days. Besides hundreds, if not thousands of product launches throughout the sho [...]

By | 2020-01-21T09:48:09+00:00 January 20th, 2020|Americas|0 Comments
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Meet the 2019/2020 NGL Grant Winners (Part 2 of 2)

Stephanie Selesnick, International Trade Information, Inc. In its fourth year, UFI’s NGL Grant (Next Generation of Leaders), sponsored by Freeman, identifies and helps develop up-and-coming exhibition industry talent. The program is two parts: The first has the five NGL Grant recipients presenting their research and thoughts about the exhibition industry’s future in a session at the upcoming UFI Global Congress in Thailand. The second pairs them up with C-level industry mentors. These talented [...]

By | 2019-10-25T08:37:34+00:00 October 25th, 2019|Education, Exhibition Industry|0 Comments
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Meet UFI’s NGL Grant Winners! (Part 1 of 2)

Stephanie Selesnick, International Trade Information, Inc. In its fourth year, UFI’s NGL Grant (Next Generation of Leaders), sponsored by Freeman, gives five young exhibition professionals a chance to be part of the global industry.  In November, they will present findings and thoughts on the future of the exhibition industry during the UFI Global Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. After the Congress, the NGL Grant recipients will enter an executive mentoring program where they will learn, brainst [...]

By | 2019-10-25T08:39:12+00:00 October 10th, 2019|Education, Exhibition Industry|0 Comments
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Using Sponsorships in B2B Events

Stephanie Selesnick,International Trade Information, Inc. At Trade Show Executive’s Fastest 50 Summit and Awards last month, Larry Settembrini, Vice President ReedPOP spoke about bringing sponsorships to life in his session, “Selling B2B Sponsorships in a B2C World.“ Below are three of his ideas that stuck with me, along with my interpretation of how they may be used in business-to-business events.  Consumerism is defined as B2B events adopting elements and creative inspiration from consumer e [...]

By | 2019-07-18T12:12:21+00:00 July 18th, 2019|Education, Exhibition Marketing|1 Comment
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Exhibitions Change Lives

Stephanie Selesnick, International Trade Information, Inc. At the recent EEAA (Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia) Leaders Forum in Melbourne, Australia Exhibitions Day, Timothy Collett, Managing Director of Specialised Events, a for-profit exhibition company, quoted a young person from his team discussing our industry. She said, “You don’t have to be a doctor to change people’s lives.” It got me thinking about the exhibitions industry and what we do at heart: Help forge lifelong [...]

By | 2019-06-14T09:19:53+00:00 June 14th, 2019|Education, Exhibition Marketing|1 Comment
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