Houston's George R. Brown Gets New 1,000-room Hotel; Miami Beach CC Takes a Step Closer to Expansion
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Both Houston and Miami Beach, Fla., received good news this week that the convention center footprints in their respective cities will have major upgrades in the next few years.
The Houston City Council recently approved a proposal by RIDA Development Corporation and Houston First Corporation for a 1,000-room convention center hotel connected to the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston.
The hotel will be a Marriott Marquis and will bookend the other side of the center from the existing Hilton Americas-Houston hotel.
Why I Love the Trade Show Industry
I literally have been to five cities in the past seven weeks, including holding the TSNN Awards in Louisville, reporting on two energy-related trade shows in Houston and Pittsburgh and going to last week’s International Association of Exhibitions and Events’ Expo! Expo! in Orlando.
I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that I am an extremely fortunate person to work in the trade show industry and to wake up every day excited to do my job.
The No. 1 reason I love the trade show industry, by far, is the people.
World Tea East, Atlanta Foodservice Expo Will Collocate in 2013
Restaurants serve all kinds of high-end tea products these days, at least that’s what the thinking might be behind the decision for World Tea East and the Atlanta Foodservice Expo to collocate next year in Atlanta.
World Tea Media’s (a division of F+W Media) World Tea East and Clarion Events North America’s Atlanta Foodservice Expo will be held Oct. 20-22 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
International Production & Processing Expo Sets Record with 1,150 Exhibitors, 430,000 NSF
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The 2013 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), which is on tap Jan. 29-31 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center, has set a record, with more than 1,150 exhibitors, covering 430,000-plus net square feet of exhibit space.
Comprised of the three integrated trade shows -- International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo, and AMI’s International Meat Expo – IPPE still is growing with several weeks left before the doors officially open.
