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Review All Articles > May 14th 2008 - Vol 11, Issue 20 EACA NEWS
Last Call for Intrepid Award / Hall of Fame
Nominations It’s that time of year once again when the EACA is
looking to its members for nominations for the annual Intrepid
Award, and for nominations for its sixth class to be inducted
into the EACA Hall of Fame.
All nominations for this year’s award must be received by
end of business Friday, May 16. Anyone interested in
submitting a nomination should email jimwurm@eaca.com.
Mark Your
Calendars – EACA Annual Meeting July
28-29. The EACA will hold its 10th
Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA in conjunction with TS2 on
July 28-29, 2008 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
All EACA members are urged to mark this year’s event on
their calendar as we look to celebrate the milestone of our 10th
Anniversary in style!!
Registration information will be posted in next week’s
issue of the Showfloor Buzz.
EACA 10th Anniversary Member
Directory. The EACA, in
conjunction with Exhibit City News, will be publishing a special
edition of its membership directory to commemorate its 10th
anniversary in 2008. This high quality
publication will not only feature our full list of members, it
will also chronicle the significant events that have taken place
in our 10 year history. Special features will include
photographs and descriptions of EACA events, Intrepid Award
winners, Hall of Famers as well as other notable achievements of
the EAC community.
The member directory will be published in time for distribution
at this summer’s HCEA and TS2 events. Be sure
that your company is well represented in this exceptional
publication.
All members receive a FREE Membership
listing which includes:
Company name
Address
City State & Zip
Phone
Fax
Email
Please note that all EACA members are responsible to fax
or email your updated listing to Exhibit City News using the
attached Directory Form
Fax to 702-309-8027 or email judyk@exhibitcitynews.com * Unless you send NEW information your listing will
be the same as last year.
Save the Date for the 2008 RSMGC! The 2008
Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic will take place at Chateau Elan
on Friday, October 24, 2008 in Braselton, GA (outside of
Atlanta).
The RSMGC would like to encourage all EACA members to support
this year’s event, and is putting out a request for
information on any potential recipients. If you know
of someone in our industry who is in financial need please be
sure to forward them the RSMGC
Assistance Application.
And, be sure to take advantage of the Early Bird
registration discounts and submit your registration before June
30 to receive the greatest savings.
CHAPTER
NEWS
Atlanta Chapter News
Get Out of the Gutter to
Benefit RSMGC
The SE Chapter of the EDPA is organizing its 2nd Annual
bowling event called “Get Out of the Gutter” to
benefit the Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic.
Get Out of the Gutter will take place at 300 (2175 Savoy
St, Atlanta) on June 4, 2008 from 5pm to
8pm.
For more information on the 2008 Get
Out of the Gutter contact Sandra Braun at
SBraun@nthdegree.com.
DC Chapter
News
Customer Service Training
Announcement
EACA will be hosting first ever
Customer Service Training in Washington DC for the Mi-Atlantic
Regional Council of Carpenters on June 17 and 18 at the
Washington Convention Centter.
Chicago
Chapter News
Customer Service Training
Announcement
EACA will be hosting its next round of
Customer Service Training at McCormick Place on June 11, 12, and
13.
The EACA Customer Service Training Program in June will include
the premier of the Level 3 Customer Service training
course, along with the Level 1 and Level 2 courses.
Additional information about the June Customer Service Training
can be found in the Training Overview
document. To register
your people for the June Customer Service Training in Chicago use
the June Registration form
and the June Participants
form to let us know which session your people are
attending.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Finally, Big Apple to Expand
<Tradeshow Week> For more
than a decade, show managers with maxed-out tradeshows in New
York City have been promised the sun, moon and stars when it came
to expanding the Jacob K. Javits Center of New York and the
city-owned Piers 92 and 94 in the West 50s.
Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. may have finally answered their
prayers with the planned $100 million expansion of Pier 94, also
know as The UnConvention Center, which will add 215,000 square
feet of exhibit space to the existing 140,000 sq. ft. Next door,
The Show Piers on the Hudson at the New York City Passenger
Terminal have an additional 210,000 sq. ft.
McGuinness Leaving NYC & Company
for Shopping Centers <Trade Show Executive>
Timothy McGuinness, executive director of NYC & Company
and a former vice president of Reed Exhibitions, will join the
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) as staff vice
president of business development on June 2. The
ICSC’s largest event, RECon - The Global Retail Real Estate
Convention, is setting up now and opens this weekend in Las
Vegas.
Philly to Increase Bed
Tax? <M&C Midweek News> The
Philadelphia mayor's office is considering a 1 percent increase
to the city's hotel tax, according to published reports.
Philadelphia's hotel tax currently stands at 14 percent, which
includes a 7 percent occupancy tax, 6 percent sales tax and 1
percent city tax. The increase would generate an additional $5
million to $6 million, to be split by the Philadelphia Convention
and Visitors Bureau and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism
Marketing Corp.
More Fuel
Surcharges <M&C
Midweek News> Last week, in response to the
increasing cost of oil, Delta Air Lines raised fuel surcharges on
domestic tickets to $65 per flight, an increase of $10. Roundtrip
fuel surcharges now stand at $130. Within days, the increase was
matched by American, Continental, Northwest, United and US
Airways.
THOUGHT FOR
THE WEEK
Success is when your name
is in everything but the phone book.
-- Unknown
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