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EACA Showfloor Buzz

Vol. 11, Issue 1, January 2, 2008

Happy New Year to all EACA members and friends!    

EACA NEWS

EACA Conducts Sales Tax Liability Survey      The EACA is conducting a survey of its members regarding sales tax liability.
 
The goal of this survey is to collect data on EACA members’ experience and current practices regarding sales tax so that we might better understand this issue as an association.     Our intention is to use this data to provide a "Best Practices" document on sales tax issues for all members, as well as potentially retaining a sales tax professional who can offer advice and recommendations on a state by state basis to our members.    The decision on whether we retain the tax professional or not will be based upon the number of members who express interest in supporting that effort.
 
 If you have not yet responded to the request to participate in this survey, we urge you to do so. If you haven’t received a request to participate in the survey and would like to do so, please send an email to jimwurm@eaca.com.
 

Make Plans to Attend the National Labor Management Conference    The EACA, along with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and ESCA, will be sponsoring a National Labor Management Conference in Las Vegas, NV on March 7-8, 2008 at the UBC Training Center.
 
This invitation-only event will not only include labor and contractors who utlize labor to provide exhibit services, but also facility management, show organizers and other industry leaders from across the nation.  The intention of the conference is to examine ideas and initiatives that can enable trade show contractors and labor to improve the quality of customer servicing at trade shows.
 
Invitations for attending the NLM Conference have been sent out.   If you are an owner, or senior level employee, and haven’t received an invitation you can request one by sending an email to jimwurm@eaca.com.
 
 
DEAR SHOWFLOOR BUZZ

My friend John has stumped me on this question.  Is there a finance company that is doing lease purchases for exhibits anyone knows of?
 

Michael B Boone
Director of International Business

 

To answer Mike Boone’s questions, yes there are companies that provide leasing programs for exhibits. One being in Dallas, TX named Bevenco Leasing & Finance. I have dealt with Doug Beck and his information is as follows:
 
Tel: 512-266-4999 x220 800-683-7106
Email: dabeck@bevenco.com
Web site: www.bevenco.com

 
Dalene Threeton
Exhibit Fair International


INDUSTRY NEWS

Javits Expansion Is 'Dead'<Tradeshow Week> The long-planned expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York is "dead," according to New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who held a hearing Thursday on West Side development plans. "Dead is dead," said Brodsky of the proposal, whose price tag has ballooned from $1.8 billion to more than an estimated $4 billion.
 
E³ Returns to Los Angeles Convention Center   <Tradeshow Week> The 2008 E³ Media & Business Summit will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 15-17, according to the Entertainment Software Assn., which sponsors the show. The invitation-only, downsized event returns to its former venue after spending a year in Santa Monica, Calif., at a number of hotels and Barker Hanger. Next year's E³ event will not feature the large trade show of previous years, according to an ESA press release.
 
Margaret Pederson to Leave Penton in April  <Trade Show Executive> Margaret Pederson, president of Penton Exhibitions Group, announced today that she will be leaving the organization to explore new opportunities. She has agreed to stay on through April to transition the business. Pederson, who becomes Chairman of  the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) in December 2008, entered the exposition industry  25 years ago as Director of Planning for Cahners Exposition Group (now Reed Exhibitions).
 
Penton Media Reorganizes:  Linder to Lead Trade Shows and Denny Moves Up to Chief Revenue Officer      <Trade Show Executive>   Penton Media announced a reorganization plan on December 21.  Fred Linder, president of the company’s New Hope Media division, was promoted to senior vice president, taking the helm of a group that includes all Penton events and exhibitions. Darrell Denny, executive vice president of the Lifestyle Media Group, was promoted to chief revenue officer for all of Penton Media.


THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

All expenditures whether from the heart or the wallet, in the past or present, big or small, can be viewed as either "depleting" or "enriching."
 
Enriching works for me.
 
Get more,

-- Anonymous



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