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7 Arguments for Hiring Top Trade Show Staff

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Running a trade show both an art and a science. Aligning all aspects of your show from getting the right venue, to publicity, to staffing is a job for professionals. You may only get the chance to get an annual show right once a year, so it is essential that you get it right. Saves Time. Customer Service Enhancement.

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People on the Move

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Candace Woodruff Candace Woodruff has been appointed as trade show project manager for the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB). Woodruff will be responsible for managing the logistics for all trade shows, special sales events, and familiarization tours.

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The Ultimate Guide To The History Of Event Tech

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And it was only in 2010 that mobile ads, specific for events and trade shows, really started to see huge growth. I was able to see, through this optical engineering society, an entry-way into a lot of technology well before we saw it broadly. Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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How to Move a 2,000-Person Expo to an MLB Stadium in 3 Months

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Three and a half months prior to my client’s largest annual trade show, we were notified that the San Diego Convention Center would be unable to host the program due to it being used as a temporary Emergency Intake Site. Since 2010, she has been vice president of global accounts at HPN Global.

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Meeting Professionals International Experiments with Annual Meeting

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four times, all in Canada (Toronto in 2002 and 2019, Montreal in 2007, and Vancouver in 2010), drawing crowds of between 2,600 attendees four years go to 3,700 in 2007, when the event had a trade-show component. WEC has taken place outside the U.S.

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Event Tech: The Ultimate Overview Of A Decade Of Technology

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From 2010 onwards, it’s time we get an overview of the past decade of technology. Starting Off Strong In 2010. “Literally right away in 2010 was probably one of the biggest things that influenced this whole decade”, says Brandt. And in 2010 was when the iPhone four came out. The Advent Of The iPad.

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A Look at the New North Javits Center Expansion

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A half-billion-dollar renovation begun in 2010 changed all that, cutting those deaths by 90 percent and creating a green roof that at last count has been inhabited by 35 bird species and four bat species. While the nearly 7-acre roof’s sedum vegetation was still winter sparse during our visit, we could see seagulls circling overhead.