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EACA Showfloor Buzz
Vol. 11. Issue 39, October 8, 2008
Make Your Hotel Reservations Now for the RSMGC! All RSMGC sponsors and participants should make their reservations for this year’s event as soon as possible as the number of rooms left in the block are going fast!
There are two choices for this year’s event:
Chateau Elan
100 Rue Charlemagne
Braselton, GA 30517
Phone: 678-425-0900 or reservations@chateauelan.com
* Special RSMGC Rate $209.00 per night, plus tax
Holiday Inn Express
2069 Highway 211
Braselton, GA 30517
Phone: 770-867-8100
* Special RSMGC Rate $99.95 per night, plus tax
* Conveniently located across the street from Chateau Elan, site of the 2008 RSMGC.
Please Support the RSMGC 2008 Recipients! The 2008 Randy Smith Memorial Golf Classic, which will take place at Chateau Elan on October 24, 2008 in Braselton, GA (outside of Atlanta), has announced its recipients for 2008. They are:
• Jim Dock, Expotechnik, Taylor Mfg., I&D, Heritage Communications
• Keri Mincy, daughter of Ron Mincy of The Design Agency
• Jeff Gates, PRG Hi-Tech Rentals
• Jim Vrzal, Skyline Atlanta, GES
• James Wetherington, Optima Graphics
• Bonnie DiStasio, Champion Logistics Group
-Honored at the 2008 Boston RSMGC event “Rally at the Alley”
• Richard Cornett, Zenith LaborNet
-Honored at the 2008 Atlanta RSMGC event “Get Out of the Gutter”
• Mike Skutor, The TERM Group
-Honored at the 2008 Chicago RSMGC event “The Chicago Randy”
Please note that there will be no printed brochure this year. Feel free to use the Golf Registration Form, or the Tennis Registration Form which are attached here.
For more information about the 2008 recipients, and how you can participate in or support this year’s event visit the RSMGC web site at www.rsmgc.com.
TSEA Raffles LCD TV to Benefit RSMGC TSEA is raising funds and awareness for the Randy Smith Memorial by offering an LCD TV at raffle. To purchase your raffle ticket ($10 each) go to http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=d83e94c4-2130-4037-84c0-fe8a67330c97.
EACA Members Trade Show Ebook. EACA members have received a complimentary offer from Joyce McKee (Let’s Talk Trade Shows.com) to have access to her Trade Show Eboook. The Trade Show Ebook contains a great amount of ideas and information to help exhibitors be more successful at trade shows. All EACA members that want to provide information, resources, and help to make your clients more successful can download the book for free at http://www.letstalktradeshows.com.
CHAPTER NEWS
Chicago Chapter News
Chicago Chapter Meeting
The Chicago Chapter of the EACA will host a meeting at McCormick Place for all members on Monday, October 27 at 10am in Rm E153. This is your chance to share your thoughts, concerns, and ideas with your EAC colleagues on what the EACA and the Chicago Chapter can do to make trade shows in Chicago better than ever!
A continental breakfast will be provided, courtesy of the EACA Chicago Chapter.
Las Vegas Chapter News
EACA Customer Service Training Announcement
The EACA is pleased to announce that its Customer Service Training program will be delivered in Las Vegas on December 15-16, 2008 at the LVCVA in Room S219.
All EACA members in Las Vegas are encouraged to mark their calendars to take advantage of this opportunity.
To sign up for the Las Vegas Customer Service Training program use the attached Sponsor/Registration form and the List of Participants form.
Orlando Chapter News
OCCC Reminder
The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) has implemented a new Contractor Security Program for all contractors that work there. The new program will allow the OCCC to consolidate contractor information, to better track required documentation, and to directly communicate with all of its approved contractors. The further intention of this program is to help improve the overall security of the convention center and its guests.
The EACA has been retained by the OCCC to administer this program and to maintain an online database of registered companies.
If you have yet to register for the OCCC program, and intend to work in the facility during the next year, please do so immediately, and use the OCCC Contractor Security Agreement form.
OCCC Approved Contractors List
All contractors who have completed the OCCC Contractor Security Agreement and are approved to work in the building can be seen on the EACA web site under the “Facilities” tab at the top of the home page.
To view the OCCC approved contractors list use the following link
http://www.eaca.com/EACA/FACILITIES/Companies_Approved_and_Registered_to_Work_at_the_O/
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Job Title: City Manager
Description: Prominent National Labor Contractor seeking City Manager for Las Vegas and San Francisco.
Looking for highly motivated individuals with labor management background. Must be computer literate (Excel and Word) and have 10 years of field experience. Looking for candidates with local union affiliation as well as knowledge of national union regulations, production and carpentry skills. Intermittent travel is required. Competitive salary and benefit package available. Relocation expenses negotiable.
All interested candidates should send resume in confidence to jimwurm@eaca.com.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Combined air, hotel and car costs expected to increase 13 percent in 2009 <Expo Web News> Combined air, hotel and car costs are expected to increase 13 percent in 2009, according to the 2009 Industry Forecast released by London-based Advito, a travel management consulting firm. The price hikes can be attributed to unfavorable currency exchange rates, rising local taxes and market uncertainty.
Trade Show Industry Salutes the Present, Ponders the Future at TSE Gold 100 Awards Gala & Summit <Trade Show Executive> It was the trade show industry’s rendition of the Academy Awards with the leaders, innovators and celebrities of show biz gathering to celebrate the success of the 100 top shows at Trade Show Executive’s Gold 100 Awards Gala & Summit September 17-19 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Resort in Laguna Niguel, CA. Nielsen Business Media won a Grand Award as “The Top Show Organizer” of 2007. The Radiological Society of North America’s RSNA Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting documented the “Highest Economic Impact on a Host City.” SEMICON was heralded as “The Leading Brand Worldwide” with eight shows bearing the SEMICON name. In the category, “Most Innovative Practices,” there was no competition once The SEMA Show entered.
Penton Media Names Sharon Rowlands CEO <Trade Show Executive> Penton Media, Inc. named Sharon Rowlands, former president and CEO of Thomson Financial, as its new CEO effective November 1. Rowlands will replace John French, who announced in July he would step down when a new CEO was hired. She will also take a seat on the Penton Board of Directors.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
-- Vera Brittain, British author 1893-1970
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