OUT to LAUNCH

Table of Contents
AUGUST 2016
VOLUME 17 NUMBER 8
COVER STORY
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Power Lunch with
David Audrain
No niche is out of reach for David Audrain
and ExpoDevCo. David sat down with TSE’s
Danica Tormohlen to talk about the state of
the exposition industry and finding room for
launches in a saturated exhibition market.
North America’s
LARGEST
CONVENTION CENTERS
Features
Abuzz with Expansion Plans to Meet Needs of
Thriving Expositions
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Special Report: Millionaire’s Club
and Mega Convention Centers
Trade Show Executive takes its annual look at the
expanding profile of the largest convention centers
in North America.
Special
Report
Show Manager’s Playbook
• UBM Americas and MGM teamed up to accelerate
the construction timeline for Mandalay
Bay’s major expansion so that it would be completed
in time for last Summer’s MAGIC. It took
more than sorcery to accomplish the feat.
• The American Association of Diabetes
Educators faced a seemingly daunting task:
reverse years of declining revenues and attendance
at the association’s annual meeting.
Here is how they did it.
• Allured Business Media is expanding its portfolio
of regional Face & Body cosmetics shows
into a third region this Fall. Show managers
looked to both local resources and national
accounts ahead of its Atlanta launch this Fall.
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