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Review All Articles > January 28th 2009 - Vol 12, Issue 4 EACA Showfloor Buzz
Vol. 12, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
Happy New Year to all EACA members and friends!
NAFEM Check-In Instructions. The EACA is conducting online EAC registration for the upcoming NAFEM show in Orlando.
The EAC Check-In Desk for The NAFEM Show will be located at the North B employee entry area adjacent to the parking lot. EACs who have not been previously sent their wristband order may pick-up their wristband order beginning the first day of Move-In (Feb. 1, 2009).
ECN Publishes 4th Annual Go-To Guide. Exhibit City News has recently announced that it is putting together the 4th ECN Showfloor GO-TO GUIDE which will be distributed at the Exhibitor show in March.
The deadline to reserve space in this year’s publication is Feb 27th and art deadline is March 4th.
CHAPTER NEWS
Chicago Chapter News
EAC Reminder from IHA
International Home + Housewares Show Pre-Con Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11 at 1:00 pm in meeting room E255 at McCormick Place.
• Reminder to all EAC’s regarding your client’s booths - Service of utilities must be supplied at the rear of booths. Exhibit structures must have a one-foot unobstructed corridor in the rear and six inches on one side of the space to allow passage for utility and maintenance personnel.
• For more information on how you can better support this year’s IHA see the attached Top 5 Reminders document.
NO SMOKING at McCormick Place
A reminder to all contractors working at McCormick Placethat the No Smoking Policy will be strictly enforced. Anyone in violation will receive a citation.
New England Chapter News
Rally at the Alley Announces Dates / Beneficiary
The 5th Annual Rally at the Alley will take place in Bostonand is scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 2009.
This year's Rally will benefit industry veteran Chris Kolesnik. Many of you know Chris from her days at Access TCA and Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, or may have worked with her since creating Cyrkdesign in 2003. Or perhaps you know her husband, Howard Bailey, a long time employee and retiree of Exhibitgroup/Giltspur.
What you may not know is that last fall Chris was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. There's never a good time to hear you have cancer, and for Chris, last fall was no exception. Just one year prior her husband developed Temporal Arteritis, leaving him partially blind in one eye and resulting in a number of procedures and ultimately surgery.
Thank you to Michael Hanifan of Sacks Exhibits for nominating Chris for this year's Rally.
Orlando Chapter News
NAFEM EAC Registration Announcement
To EACs who have been registered to work The NAFEM Show 09 to be held Feb. 5 - 7, 2009 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL., and have complied with all requirements for access of both the OCCC and NAFEM Show Management, wristbands will be distributed at the Orlando Convention Center beginning Feb. 1, 2009 (the first day of Move-In).
EAC authorized representatives may pick-up wristbands for their employees at the EAC Check-In Desk, which will be located at the North B employee entry area adjacent to the parking lot. Wristbands will only be distributed to the employees authorized by their company, and only to company representatives whose employers have fully complied with all requirements for access as set forth by the Orange County Convention Center and The NAFEM Show Management.
Certain EACs in full compliance have opted to receive their wristbands in advance of Move-In. For those who have indicated this preference, wristbands will be FedEx'd directly to your offices as directed.
Thanks in advance for your continued cooperation.
George Wurm
EACA HQ
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Job Title: Account Manager
Description: Prominent AV Contractor seeking Account Manager for corporate office in Chandler AZ.
EXPERIENCED Account Manager needed for our new corporate office in Chandler, AZ. Must be organized, able to multi-task, have attention to detail, excellent phone presence, be deadline specific, able to work in fast paced environment, be a self motivated and driven individual with previous A/V or Tradeshow/ Event experience.
All interested candidates should send resume in confidence to jimwurm@eaca.com.
INDUSTRY NEWS
CEIR Says Recession Doesn’t Affect Trade Shows <M&C Midweek News> The Center for Exhibition Industry Research last week released a study that says recessions do not have predictable or significant negative effects on the exhibition industry. "The role of exhibitions bringing products to market doesn't change in a stressful economic environment," said Doug Ducate, president and CEO of CEIR. Using data going back to the late 1960s, the report shows that key buyers continue to attend trade shows during recessions, despite any overall attendance drops or shrinking of exhibit floors. The study also pointed out that interest in trade shows, traffic density, hours spent at exhibits and the percentage of attendees planning to buy products as a result of the exhibitions do not change significantly during recessions. The data collected for the report, however, does reveal some potentially troubling long-term trends since the early or mid-1990s, such as steady declines in traffic density and falling percentages of attendees who plan to buy products as a result of exhibitions. Most worrisome, according to Ducate, is the decline in first-time attendees, down to around 34 percent in 2007, vs. a high of 42 percent in1992.
San Diego Forms Center Expansion Committee <Tradeshow Week> San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has named 17 local and community business leaders to a newly formed Citizens' Task Force on the San Diego Convention Center Project. According to the mayor's office, the group has been asked to come up with a set of recommendations to the mayor related to the proposed expansion of the center.
Will CES snag Macworld exhibitors with iLounge Pavilion? <Expo Web News> Solidifying and clarifying last week's announcement by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) that its Consumer Electronics Show (CES) would feature an Apple-centric area going forward, CEA yesterday announced that it will host a space at the 2010 show specifically devoted to space for manufacturers of iPhone and iPod-related accessories, products and services
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
We don’t have to agree with people to defend them from injustice.
-- Lillian Hellman American author and playwright (1905-1984)
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