Hospitality Technology Show – HITEC – Boasts 12-percent Showfloor Growth in Los Angeles

HITEC 2014, a hospitality technology show, officially has kicked off, running June 23–26 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and the show already is off to a great start.

“We have grown again from last year, both in number of exhibitors and show square footage, at nearly a 12 percent increase from 2013,” said Steven Stout, CAE, director of Meetings and Special Events, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals, which runs the show.

Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association’s 2014 Annual Meeting Addresses Ever-changing Healthcare Industry Landscape

If the standing-room only crowd in the “Healthcare Industry Trends Changing the Events Experience” session during the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association’s 2014 Annual Meeting was any indication, it was obvious that top of mind for a lot of suppliers, health care corporate exhibitors and medical associations was the topsy-turvy times in their industry.

Chris Metzger, Freeman’s vice president of corporate accounts, led the session on the first full day of the meeting at the Cleveland Convention Center.

Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association Unveils Top 50 U.S. Medical Meetings

The Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association released its list of the top 50 largest U.S. medical meetings held in 2013

The FIME Show, a medical tradeshow based out of Miami, took the top spot with a total reported attendance of 57,000.

In the previous four years, the top spot has been held by either Greater New York Dental Meeting or the Radiological Society of North America, who respectively ranked two (54,629) and three (54,008).

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Authentic In-booth Engagement Creates Buzz on Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association’s Showfloor

It’s one thing to build an amazing booth and have the most personable, experienced salespeople possible standing in it, hoping that attendees stop by to check out everything your company has to offer; but it’s a whole other thing to actually do something truly experiential that not only creates a buzz, but also real engagement with possible buyers.

HIMSS’ Karen Malone Named TSNN Awards Industry Icon Award Honoree

Trade Show News Network will celebrate Karen Malone, vice president of meeting services for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, as the TSNN Industry Icon Award honoree at the 5th annual TSNN Awards Nov. 14-16 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Malone has more than 30 years of meetings industry experience and has been with HIMSS since 1997.

6 Reasons Attendees Don’t Trust Your Booth Staffers

Submitted by rwimberly@tsnn.com on Sun, 06/22/2014 - 20:26

Why do B2B buyers continue to attend trade shows by the tens of millions, rather than make all their purchases online?  Because they want to meet you face to face, to see for themselves what the people who work for your company are really like, and if your company is trustworthy enough to do business with.6-reasons

Well, attendees won’t trust your company if your booth staffers do these 6 things:

1. Your staffers ignore attendees

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