Trade Show Report: HD Expo 2012

HD Expo, a trade show all about the best in hospitality design and style, brought about 19,000 industry professionals to the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas May 15-17, 2012. Where else are you going to see such a collection of bow ties and lacquer shoes? On that note, it was fun to run into [...]

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Lightfair Ramps Up the Wattage

Lightfair 2012, a lighting design and integrated solutions trade show, gives a whole new meaning to the phase “everything is illuminated.” Known as a platform for innovation and just plain beautiful lighting, the show brought some 22,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center May 9-11, 2012. Does the word “energetic” apply to a showfloor [...]

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Trade Show Tech Ideas to Steal from Interop 2012

Interop, IT trade show and conference, brought over 13,000 attendees to Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas May 6-10, 2012. Geek central at its best, the event itself is on the forefront of technology, making the attendee experience very engaging and time-saving. Here are some inspirational trade show ideas that caught our eye: Touch –N-Go [...]

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Las Vegas Trade Shows Top on the TSNN 250 List

Tarsus Group’s Trade Show News Network (TSNN) announced its 2011 TSNN Top 250 Trade Shows in the United States by net square footage on May 2, 2012 and Las Vegas shows stole the spotlight. Number 1 spot went to CONEXPO-CON/AGG with its massive 2.4 million net square feet showfloor at the Las Vegas Convention Center. May [...]

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Las Vegas Best Places to Eat: Texas De Brazil

Texas de Brazil is a family owned and operated business that offers a fun, interactive dining experience. Located at Town Square, Texas de Brazil is an authentic Brazilian-American steak house (churrascaria) that combines the cuisine and culture of Southern Brazil with the warm, welcoming hospitality of Texas. Texas de Brazil is beautifully rustic with wrought-iron chandeliers, dark red walls, exposed steel beams [...]

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Terminal 3 to Boost International Traffic to Las Vegas

The new $2.4 billion Terminal 3 at the McCarran International Airport is getting ready to open on June 27, 2012, and its seven gates are designated specifically to international flights. That means easier travel with more direct routes for international trade show and convention attendees. I can’t say I will miss the old Terminal 2, [...]

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Trade Show Report: NAB 2012

2012 NAB Show, a trade show and conference for the broadcast/film/all sorts of live content industry, has taken over the Las Vegas Convention Center April 14 – 19, 2012. This year it’s expected to attract some 90,000 media and entertainment professionals from 150 countries to do business with some 1,500 exhibitors spread over 745,000 net [...]

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Trade Show Report: Booze, Babes and Serious Business at the Nightclub and Bar 2012

Nightclub and Bar Convention and Trade Show is one Las Vegas trade show that you have to be 21 to get into… where no one has to wait till after noon to start “tasting,” where tasting cups are no larger than 5 oz and where seeing Jack Sparrow walking the aisle is normal and not [...]

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Trade Show Report: EXHIBITOR2012

Exhibitor2012 brought, as always, the best in live marketing, trade show and event design to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas March 5 – 7, 2012. It featured 271 exhibitors, with 65 exhibit spaces larger than 20×30 feet. No attendance numbers are yet released. We love this show here in Las Vegas and [...]

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Trade Show Report: HIMMS 2012 is Hopping

A record 35,000 attendees are in Las Vegas this week for HIMMS 2012, the annual conference and trade show organized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. It’s taking place Feb. 20-24 at the Venetian Sands Expo Center. I have always knownthat HIMMS rocks when it comes to creating a seamless online and on-site [...]

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