AIBTM Heads Out of Baltimore in 2013 for Chicago, Orlando Rotation

Reed Exhibition’s The Americas Meetings & Events Exhibition (AIBTM) launched last year in Baltimore and is on tap for the second time June 19-21 in the Maryland-based city, but will head out of town next year to start a rotation between Chicago and Orlando.

Choose Chicago, the Windy City’s convention and visitors bureau, will host AIBTM June 11-13, 2013.  

In 2014, the event that pairs suppliers with hosted buyers will move June 10-12 to Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.

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Interbike, Health+Business Expo Will Leave Sands Expo in 2013 for Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas

Nielsen Expositions’ Interbike International Bike Expo and Health+Fitness Business Expo are leaving their home at the Sands Expo & Convention Center next year to move to the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Show officials have signed a three-year agreement with Mandalay to host the collocated events beginning in 2013 and continuing through 2015.

Interbike’s OutDoor Demo product testing event, held for the two days preceding the show, will remain at the Bootleg Canyon venue in nearby Boulder City, Nev.

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