EACA offers viewers a comprehensive library of all the distributed Showfloor Buzz newsletters. Click on the title of the article to view it's contents.
Review All Articles > May 7th 2008 - Vol 11, Issue 19 EACA NEWS
Happy Birthday
EACA!. On May 8, 1998 more
than 75 EACs met at McCormick Place to consider the idea of
forming a national association that would not only represent the
interests of EACS but would provide enhanced services and ideas
to the entire trade show industry.
That idea was overwhelmingly endorsed that day and was the first
official meeting of the EACA.
Now we are proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of that first
meeting, as well as the successes and achievements of our
association over the past ten years.
Congratulations to all the members, Directors, and Officers of
the EACA who have shared in the commitment and the efforts
necessary to make our association go and grow!
The EACA will be celebrating this anniversary throughout the
year and will be announcing special commemorations at our Annual
Conference in Philadelphia as well as our Winter Meeting in Boca
Raton, FL.
We invite all EACA members to help us commemorate this special
milestone with us!
New Member Welcome.
The EACA would
like to extend a warm welcome to the new members who joined our
association this past month. We would like all existing
members to extend a hearty welcome to:
•A-Classic Expo Design
a
full service contractor from Indianapolis, IN
•American Tradeshow,Inc.
an
I&D company from Clermont, FL
•Ardistree
an
exhibits producer from La Canada, CA
•YRCN, Inc.
an
exhibit transportation co. from Akron, OH
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!! The Annual Conference
Schedule-of-Events will be included in next week’s
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.
EACA Calls 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.
Anyone interested in submitting a nomination can request a form
by emailing jimwurm@eaca.com.
EACA PEOPLE IN
THE NEWS
Beyond Exhibit Logistics
Expands Las Vegas Office Beyond Exhibit
Logistics (BEL) has moved to a new location in Las Vegas
expanding their space from 15,000 sq. ft. to 31,000 sq. ft.
This expansion supports the explosive growth BEL is
experiencing in the region and allows BEL to continue to
accommodate the growing needs of its clients and the Las Vegas
marketplace.
CHAPTER
NEWS
Atlanta Chapter News
Get Out of the Gutter to
Benefit RSMGC
The SE Chapter of the EDPA is organizing its first ever
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
Teamsters may undercut members
<Las Vegas Sun> Members of
Teamsters Local 631 complain their union is colluding with major
convention center contractors to wean them of union labor, a
suspicion that has spurred efforts to replace local Teamster
leadership with a slate of insurgent candidates.
Among the members’ complaints: that the union is reducing
their work hours — and then helping contractors hire
cheaper, nonunion laborers whose work can be billed at union-wage
prices to convention exhibitors.
GES Earnings Report Results in
Layoffs <Exhibitors
Daily> Viad Corp, parent company
of GES, announced April 25 that second quarter earnings will miss
expectations, but hopes a strong third and fourth quarter will
allow the company to meet its yearly outlook.
On April 24, GES “had a bunch of
layoffs,” said an industry source. “Layoffs were from
Las Vegas office and Corporate, which is based in
Vegas.”
The source added, “I know of at least 8 to10” who
were laid off.. He said GES held “a town hall meeting with
various groups April 24 to calm down” employees.
Reba Pittman Walker Resigns from
DC Convention Center <Washington Business Journal>
Reba Pittman Walker
resigned May 2 as chief of the struggling Washington Convention
Center Authority after 2-1/2 years in the job. A soft convention
market, lack of central hotel space and new competition from
National Harbor have fueled rumors for weeks that Walker would
step down as chief executive officer and general manager.
“I have enjoyed making a positive contribution to the
District at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center,”
Walker said in a statement May 2.
The convention authority’s chairwoman, Beverly Perry, said
Walker “wanted to step down for personal reasons, and we
honored her wish.”
However, multiple sources cited friction between Walker and
Mayor Adrian Fenty’s recent appointees to the
authority’s board as a reason for her departure. One source
close to the matter said Walker “just didn't seem to click
with the board.
Wynn Planning Vegas' Fourth
Major Exhibit Hall <Tradeshow Week>
Casino Developer Stephen A. Wynn of Wynn
Resorts is planning to build an exhibit hall in Las Vegas of 1.6
to 1.8 million square feet, "depending how you count it," he said
Thursday in a conference call to discuss the company's
first-quarter earnings
THOUGHT FOR
THE WEEK
There are only two or three
human stories and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as
if they never happened before.
-- Willa Cather (from O
Pioneers)
Publisher's statement.
The Showfloor Buzz is a publication of the Exhibitor
Appointed Contractor Association (EACA) which is dedicated to
"raising the level of service excellence on the showfloor."
This publication is sent free of charge to all EACA members each
Wednesday, and to non-members four weeks later.
Annual subscriptions to current issues of the Buzz
are available to non-members for $49.95. Please
send subscription requests to jimwurm@eaca.com.
EACA members are also permitted to submit job postings to the
Buzz free of charge for a one time listing. Member
job postings can be extended for additional weeks in the Buzz as
well as posted to the EACA web site. The costs
for extending your job posting are one month for $50, 2 months
for $85, and 3 months for $125.
If you have news from the tradeshow floor that you feel is
important to the success of our members, or our industry's
customer, the exhibitors, please forward it to the EACA @
541-317-8768 or email us @ jimwurm@eaca..com
|
