2012 Gold Rush - Trade Show Executive

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NOVEMBER 2012 // VOLUME 13 NUMBER 11
COVER STORY
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Power
Lunch
with David Ingemie
© 2012, Trade Show Executive Magazine, Oceanside, CA (760)
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Features
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A Recap of
Trade Show
Executives’s Gold 100
Awards & Summit
TSE’s annual Gold 100 Awards & Summit
was held with considerable pomp and
circumstance at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington,
DC. Find out the winners of TSE’s 14
Grand Awards and what new ideas emerged.
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TSE Puzzle
Fern Exposition & Event
Services and TSE invite you to sharpen your
word-search abilities and your knowledge
David Ingemie, long time president
of SnowSports Industries
America, has won an avalanche
of kudos for developing the
SIA Snow Show into the leader
in winter sports exhibitions.
David sat down with TSE’s Bob
Dallmeyer to talk about keeping
the show as fresh and inviting
as new-fallen powder.
of the trade show industry. Complete the
puzzle for a chance to win a Jawbone
Jambox at Expo! Expo!
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A Look at Tier IV
Convention Centers
Mega-shows held in sprawling big city
convention centers may be the pinnacle
of the exhibition industry, but smaller events
in pocket-sized exhibit halls are also an
integral feature. TSE takes a closer look
at the 173 North American centers that
offer modest exhibit space and major
value to show managers.
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