2012 Gold Rush - Trade Show Executive
2012 Gold Rush - Trade Show Executive
2012 Gold Rush - Trade Show Executive
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AWARDS & SUMMIT: THE <strong>2012</strong> GOLD RUSH<br />
The preeminent trade show<br />
organizers in the U.S. were<br />
honored in Washington last month for<br />
the hard work and deft touches that<br />
made their exhibitions the biggest<br />
and best of 2011.<br />
Held October 3-5 at the Ritz-Carlton<br />
Washington, DC, the fifth annual <strong>Trade</strong><br />
<strong>Show</strong> <strong>Executive</strong> (TSE) <strong>Gold</strong> 100 Awards<br />
& Summit saluted the 100 largest trade<br />
shows of the past year, and then singled<br />
out 14 events for their remarkable<br />
achievements in social media practices,<br />
green initiatives, global participation<br />
and economic impact.<br />
“Today’s leaders are working in a new<br />
economic and technological landscape,”<br />
said Darlene Gudea, president of <strong>Trade</strong><br />
<strong>Show</strong> <strong>Executive</strong> Media Group. “The<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> 100 Awards & Summit gathered<br />
the best minds in the industry, not only<br />
to celebrate their triumphs in 2011 and<br />
<strong>2012</strong>, but to also lay the groundwork<br />
for new directions in 2013.”<br />
The <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Gold</strong> Gala was held for the<br />
first time on the East Coast and drew<br />
a record attendance of 182 delegates.<br />
“Holding the <strong>Gold</strong> 100 in Washington,<br />
DC and moving the event to a slightly<br />
later date enabled many leading organizers<br />
to participate for the first time,”<br />
said Diane Bjorklund, vice president of<br />
events. “We hosted 38 people who had<br />
not been able to attend in previous years<br />
due to schedule conflicts with their<br />
shows or their overseas counterparts.”<br />
BY HIL ANDERSON, senior editor and<br />
DANICA TORMOHLEN, contributing editor