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Excellent success for Wire and Tube 2008 |
CHICAGO — The recent concurrent staging of wire 2008, International Wire and Cable Trade Fair, and Tube 2008, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, attracted 2,157 exhibitors (1,129 companies at wire and 1,028 companies at Tube) on more than 1 million square feet of exhibit space. A total of 73,600 trade visitors from more than 90 countries took part in both events.
“Every two years, Düsseldorf becomes the international meeting point for specialists from the wire, cable and tube industry. Here, they can meet face to face and fill their order books,“ commented Werner M. Dornscheidt, President and CEO of Messe Düsseldorf.
The 40,700 visitors (an increase of 3.9 percent compared to the 2006 event) at wire 2008 came from 72 nations and about 58 percent of the attendees were from outside of Germany. Tube 2008 was attended by 32,900 visitors (a visitor plus of 9.7 percent compared to 2006) from 71 nations, with 52 percent traveling from countries other than Germany. The majority of the non-German visitors at wire 2008 were from France, India, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy, the U.S., Poland, Brazil and Belgium while the leading foreign visitor nations at Tube 2008 were Italy, France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, India, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain.
“Once again, Düsseldorf has proven to be the number one platform for the wire and tube industries,“ stated Joachim Schäfer, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf. “The exhibiting companies and visiting trade fair guests were truly enthusiastic with the results of the trade fairs. Many large and also medium-sized businesses have told me of new, promising business contacts.“
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ASAE & The Center’s Susan Sarfati to move on following distinguished career in association management
 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After more than 25 years as a leader and outspoken advocate for the association management profession and for life-long learning, Susan Sarfati, CAE, founding president and CEO of The Center for Association Leadership and executive vice president of ASAE, advised the Board of Directors of The Center that she will leave the organizations, effective August 31, 2008.
"Susan's leadership, passion, creativity, energy and commitment are unsurpassed in the profession. She is an icon in the industry and is held in such high regard by the ASAE & Center boards, association professionals and industry partners alike. Susan has been the heart and soul of The Center and will be sorely missed," said Mark Golden, CAE, chairman of The Center and executive director and CEO of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA).
"Susan is a visionary leader and innovator who has taken risks that have shaped the profession and we've all benefited as a result," said ASAE President and CEO John H. Graham IV, CAE. "Susan's passion and strong belief in the importance, possibilities and contributions of associations have always been evident, and we thank her for her leadership at ASAE & The Center and in the larger global community."
"Going forward, my work and career will continue to focus on leadership development, social responsibility, women's issues and contributions to the association and meetings industry, which are all my passions," Sarfati said. "My career over the years has been very fulfilling with more to come. I am proud of my many contributions, including being the founding CEO of The Center, leading the 13 seasons of the Nation's Capital Distinguished Speakers Series, building a high performance team, and most recently, launching the Global Summit on Social Responsibility and the association social responsibility movement. From now until my departure on August 31, I will direct my efforts toward moving the Summit outcomes to the next step. What I value most are the relationships I have built with volunteer leaders, members, and the incredibly talented staff whom I have had the honor of working with over the years."
Prior to assuming her current role, Sarfati was the president and CEO of the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives (GWSAE) and the GWSAE Foundation for almost 13 years, and founded The Center for Association Leadership and the Marriott Learning Complex. She grew the society's budget by 300 percent and launched The Journal of Association Leadership, among many other accomplishments. [READ MORE]
SHOW NEWS
Tons of steel, gravel recycled from three-story outdoor exhibit at CONEXPO-Con/AGG 2008
LAS VEGAS — Freeman has been able to recycle many of the construction materials from the massive three-story Terex exhibit at the recent CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008. The exhibit, a temporary "office building" constructed outdoors at the show, was built with engineering and certification oversight normally reserved for permanent structures. The round building included 20, 000 sq. ft. of offices and served as working space for over 300 Terex staff members during the show.
The framework to support such an enormous structure required thousands of pounds of steel, sourced from four different mills. After the exhibit was dismantled, 255,000 pounds of steel, or 127.5 tons, were picked up for salvage by a metal recycler.
In addition, some 250 tons of gravel from the site will be used for paving and pathway landscaping in local desert areas.
Conference rooms within the building were fabricated from 1,200 linear feet of hard-wall system panels that have been returned to Freeman's rental inventory.
Last, approximately 27,000 square feet of carpet was returned to Freeman's rental inventory for re-use, and eventually will be recycled into drainage pipe for septic systems once it is no longer of a quality that can be used at events. This innovative program Freeman initiated in 2006 has prevented some 35 million square feet of carpet from reaching landfills in less than two years.
"We are pleased to support clients like Terex that want to 'go green' on a very large scale," said Mark Wilkinson, VP fabrication at Freeman. "Finding sources to handle this type of special recycling requires creativity and passion, but our success furthers Freeman's ongoing commitment to environmentally responsible practices within the trade show industry."
Wynn to build new Las Vegas exhibit space
 LAS VEGAS — Stephen Wynn, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts, Limited, revealed plans to build a more than 1.6 million-square-foot meeting and convention space on the company's golf course property in Las Vegas. Plans for the property include adding two new hotels with approximately 2,600 rooms each, expanding the property's room count to 10,000.
"We're finally prepared to leverage this unique, incredible physical location, where we straddle two of the most dynamic exhibit centers on earth — the Las Vegas Convention Center to our immediate east on the adjacent property and the Sands Expo & Convention Center on the adjacent property to the south," Wynn said.
To help ease transportation concerns, both hotels will be integrated with the new convention space, and free underground trams will transport guests between the hotels and surrounding exhibit facilities.
"This meeting and convention space will resemble no other meeting and convention space anywhere else on earth," Wynn says. "It will be very glamorous and will also offer our clients an environment that has heretofore been unavailable. We're going to flex a little Las Vegas muscle with the convention business."
Wynn unveiled the plans during the company's first-quarter earnings conference ca
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Embassy Suites Hotels expands portfolio in southern California with first property in Santa Clarita Valley
156-suite hotel in Valencia portrays features
of upscale brand’s new prototype design
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE) — Embassy Suites Hotels, the leading brand of upscale, all-suite hotels, nears its goal of 300 hotels by 2010 with the opening today of its first property in California's Santa Clarita Valley, the Embassy Suites Valencia. The hotel opened today at 28508 Westinghouse Place in Valencia, California and is owned by Innkeepers USA and managed by Island Hospitality, marking the first Embassy Suites in the company's portfolio.
"We could not be happier to bring the Embassy Suites concept to Valencia, increasing the brand's presence in Southern California, which is a key market for us," said Jim Holthouser, senior vice president of brand management, Embassy Suites Hotels. "Bringing our friends at Island Hospitality into the Embassy Suites family, meets a strategic goal of broadening our developer base and increasing the number of Embassy Suites properties open, under construction or in the pipeline, to 300 by 2010."
"Additionally, we are pleased to debut many of the defining characteristics of the Design Option III prototype, giving our guests a preview of the new design and a smaller, more intimate Embassy Suites," Holthouser said.
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