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Jan 20, 2014
With this year’s show tracking well in Atlanta, the organizers of FABTECH, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, finishing and welding event, are sticking with success by signing up to bring the show back to the city in 2018 and 2022.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s FABTECH was last held in Atlanta in 2010, drawing 22,000 attendees from 50 countries, and this year’s event, scheduled Nov. 11-13 at Georgia’s World Congress Center, is expected to draw expect to draw 27,000 attendees and 1,400 exhibitors.
The group signed up for two more years… more
Jan 20, 2014
Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2014, The 5th International Plastics & Rubber Technologies and Materials Exhibition for Vietnam, will take place March 4 - 6, 2014 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City.
The event will be jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte. Ltd. and Bangkok Exhibition Services Ltd., with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST), the Vietnam Plastics Association (VPA), the Vietnam Packaging Association (VINPAS) and the Vietnam Association of Food Science and Technology (VAFoST) as well as the Rubber… more
Jan 20, 2014
A record-breaking 2,900 exhibitors took part in four fairs that opened in early January at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre: the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair, HKTDC Hong Kong Baby Products Fair, Hong Kong International Stationery Fair and HKTDC Hong Kong International Licensing Show.
More than 106,000 buyers attended the fairs, an increase of five percent, compared with the previous year.
“Most Toy Fair buyers came from the Chinese mainland, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the United States,” said Hong Kong Trade Development… more
Jan 20, 2014
The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) has appointed Thien Tsen Kiat as TenOnCall Sales Manager and Oh Kin Tat asSales Manager, Conventions & Conferences.
Helming the Centre’s Conventions team, Oh will be responsible for implementing and maintaining a commercially effective sales plan to promote the Centre, its facilities and services in the business tourism segment in order to maximise venue occupancy and yield for conferences held at the facility, according to venue officials.
Oh has more than17 years of experience in the hospitality industry, including more than 10… more
Jan 20, 2014
Singapore Exhibition Services Food&HotelAsia (FHA) and Wine&SpiritsAsia (WSA) shows will be the first to max out all 10 halls at the Singapore Expo and Max Atria when the show is held April 8-11.
Spanning a total of 100,000 square meters, an 8 percent increase in size from 2012, this year’s show will be the largest edition in the event’s 37-year history.
FHA started out the Hyatt hotel’s basement car park, where 213 exhibitors from 13 countries/regions took up 4,000 sq. m.
Since then, the event, which includes WSA that was launched in 2010, has grown more… more
Jan 20, 2014
Hong Kong-based exhibition organiser, Adsale Exhibition, recently concluded a trio of trade shows in Vietnam gathering more than 16,800 visitors over four days at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). The telecommunications and IT-focused trade shows included Vietnam Telecomp, Vietnam Electronics, and Vietnam Internet & IT, and were held from 20th to 23rd November 2013.
The organiser reported more than 200 suppliers from 13 countries and regions showcased their products and services over 6,000 m2 of exhibition space, with overseas exhibitors from Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia… more
Jan 20, 2014
Malaysian Exhibition Services Sdn Bhd (MES), an affiliate company of the Allworld Exhibitions Alliance, and the Malaysian Association of Hotels – Penang Chapter (MAH-P), will jointly launch the new Food & Hotel Penang (FHP) later this year at the Straits Quay Centre in Penang, Malaysia.
FHP is a part of the Food & Hotel Malaysia (FHM) series, and will cover food, drinks, hotels, restaurants & foodservice equipment, supplies, services & related technology. The inaugural edition of FHP is scheduled to take place from 5th to 7th November 2014. MES expects to attract 250… more
Jan 20, 2014
Hong Kong-based trade show organiser, Mega Expo, is set to launch a new show focusing in lighting and electronics products – the Asian Lighting & Consumer Electronics Exhibition. The inaugural edition will take place at the Poly World Trade Center Expo in Guangzhou from 14th to 17th April 2014.
The Asian Lighting & Consumer Electronics Exhibition will take place twice a year, with its second edition scheduled to take place 14th to 17th October later this year. Exhibitor products will include lighting products, consumer electronics, electrical home appliances, telecom, and… more
Jan 20, 2014
Earlier this week, UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, reported its biannual survey of the 12th Global Barometer of the Exhibition Industry.
According to the survey, the majority of companies interviewed declared an increase of their turnover since at least 2011. Moreover, over half of the companies declared an increase of more than 10% for 2013 – led by 80% of interviewed companies in the Asia/Pacific region reporting the increase.
In terms of operating profits, more than 70% of the companies claimed a stable or an increasing result. Interviewed companies in the… more
Jan 19, 2014
The 37th SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor, Trade) Show, owned and sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, saw a 6-percent jump in attendance this year, coming in at 67,000 attendees. A gathering place for shooting sports, hunting and law enforcement industries, the event took place Jan. 14-17 at the Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas.
“The show has been a homerun on all accounts,” said Chris Dolnack, NSSF senior vice president and chief marketing officer. “In about six and a half months, our partners and we were able to deliver a show that in the eyes… more
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In October 2023, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve allocating Tourist Development Tax funding for the $560 million Phase 5A completion of the OCCC. The Convention Way Grand Concourse project will include enhancements to the North-South Building, featuring an additional 60,000 square feet of meeting space, an 80,000- square-foot ballroom and new entry to the North-South Building along Convention Way.
“We are thrilled to begin work on completing our North-South Building which will allow us to meet the growing needs of our clients,” said OCCC Executive Director Mark Tester. “As an economic driver for the community, this project will provide the Center with connectivity and meeting space to host more events and continue to infuse the local economy with new money and expanding business opportunities.”
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OCCC Events:
This fiscal year, the OCCC is projected to host 168 events, 1.7 million attendees, and $2.9 billion in economic impact.
The Center’s top five events during their 2022-2023 fiscal year included:
AAU Jr. National Volleyball Championships 2023
200,000 Attendees
$257 Million in Economic Impact
MEGACON 2023
160,000 Attendees
$205 Million in Economic Impact
Open Championship Series 2023
69,500 Attendees
$89 Million in Economic Impact
Sunshine Classic 2023
42,000 Attendees
$54 Million in Economic Impact
Premiere Orlando 2023
42,000 Attendees
$108 Million in Economic Impact