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Review All Articles > October 25th 2007 - Vol 10, Issue 41 EACA Showfloor Buzz
Vol. 10, Issue 41, October 24, 2007
EACA NEWS
Sales TAX document again. Several EACA members have recently requested a copy of the Sales Tax liability document that was put together by several EACA members. That document has been posted on the EACA web site, and is also posted here (Sales Tax Liability) for your convenience.
NBTA forecasts business travel increases in 2008 <Expo Web News> Published airfares will increase by 6-10 percent from 2007 to 2008, reports the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) in its preliminary 2008 U.S. Business Travel Overview & Cost Forecast. The report aims to help the association's members, corporate travel buyers, with their planning and budgeting for the next year and is based on a survey of 215 NBTA member travel buyers.
Chicago Customer Service Training. The Chicago Chapter of the EACA, in conjunction with the MPEA and EACA National will be sponsoring its 2nd Customer Service Training Program for showfloor workers in Chicago on November 26 thru November 28.
The second installment of the EACA Customer Service Training Program will be developed and delivered by Randy Eppard, Phd in Human Development. Eppard is an associate professor for University of Maryland University College, Prior to his professorship, Eppard worked for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters as Director of Training Curriculum. Randy developed th customer service program under the direction and guidance of Chicago Chapter EACA President Joe Mondelli.
To get more information on times and locations for the November training see the attached Training Overview. To sign up your people for the November training use the attached Sponsor/Registration Form, and the attached Participants List Form.
Mark Your Calendars for the EACA Winter Meeting The EACA will be holding its Winter Meeting in conjunction with EDPA again this year – so please be sure to mark your calendars.
The meeting will take place on Marco Island, FL from November 28-30, 2007. To register for the conference go the EDPA web site at www.edpa.com . Be sure to include your status as an EACA member, so we get credit from EDPA for your participation.
Also please note that the EDPA has reserved a block of rooms at the Hotel, at a special group rate, over the Conference dates. EACA members are encouraged to make their reservations as soon as possible. Rooms within the block are limited, and are available on a first-come/first-served basis. Room rate is $179, single or double, plus tax (approx 10%).
Please contact the hotel for information on suites. You can make your reservations by calling toll-free, (800) 438-4373, or by calling the hotel directly at (239) 394-2511.
When making your hotel reservation, identify yourself as part of the Exhibit Designers & Producers Association group. A credit card is required to reserve your reservation; card will not be charged until arrival at the hotel.
As for travel plans, you will need to fly into Ft. Meyers, FL (45 minute drive to Marco), or to Miami International (2 ½ hour drive to Marco).
EACA PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Beyond Exhibit Logistics is pleased to announce the expansion of its sales and operations teams with two very highly experienced tradeshow professionals; Stephen Wooldridge and Morgan Kee.
The Champion Logistics Group is proud to announce that it has joined the Smartway Transport Partnership which is a voluntary partnership between the freight industry and the US Environmental Protection Agency that establishes incentives for fuel efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Companies like Champion commit to measure and improve the efficiency of their freight operations, using EPA developed tools that quantify the benefits of a number of fuel saving strategies. Champion Logistics, headquartered in Northlake Illinois, provides specialized transportation services to the trade show and store display industries.
EACA CHAPTERS
CHICAGO CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENT
Next Customer Service Training – November 2007
The Chicago Chapter of the EACA, in conjunction with the MPEA and EACA National will be sponsoring its 2nd Customer Service Training Program for showfloor workers in Chicago on November 26 thru November 28.
The second installment of the EACA Customer Service Training Program will be developed and delivered by Randy Eppard, Phd in Human Development. Eppard is an associate professor for University of Maryland University College, Prior to his professorship, Eppard worked for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters as Director of Training Curriculum. Randy developed th customer service program under the direction and guidance of Chicago Chapter EACA President Joe Mondelli.
To get more information on times and locations for the November training see the attached Training Overview. To sign up your people for the November training use the attached Sponsor/Registration Form, and the attached Participants List Form.
LAS VEGAS CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENT
Convention “Extra Board” Application
EACA members that would like to have their workers include on the “Skilled Extra Board” for I&D work in Las Vegas can use the attached application so they can be qualified to work once the list of Teamster Journeymen has been exhausted.
INDUSTRY NEWS
EDPA Issues White Paper on “Bundling”. For more than a year, EDPA leadership has been concerned with the use of bundled discounts within the trade show industry in a manner that may violate antitrust laws.
A special Bundling Task Force, acting in conjunction with legal counsel, has concluded that the prospect of illegal discount bundling is of sufficient concern that EDPA should issue a statement condemning any such unlawful conduct.
The EDPA Board of Directors, therefore, has authorized the distribution of the White Paper that describes this practice and states EDPA’s position, which opposes any form of bundling that may be illegal. In this White Paper EDPA is also confirming that the organization supports a competitive marketplace and all legal forms of competition.
Not Even Philly Politics Can Stop CC Expansion <Tradeshow Week> Jack Ferguson, executive vice president of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, said it comes with the territory.
"We watched all the politics in Boston," he said, of the hoops officials in that city jumped through to get the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center built.
"We are watching the politics at Javits," he said, of the struggle to simply break ground on an expansion at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.
And, apparently, he's watching the politics unfold in his own city as a $700 million expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center gets underway. The only difference is that in Philadelphia, the expansion is already quite a way along: Both the governor and state legislature have approved financing, and demolition has begun on buildings near the convention center to make way for an additional 260,000 square feet of exhibit space and 72,000 sq. ft. of meeting space by mid-2009.
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http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6492197.html?nid=2795&rid=
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
A smile is a passport that will take you anywhere you want to go.
-- Anonymous
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