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Index I: Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Shows RANKED BY PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN NET SQUARE FEET OF PAID EXHIBIT SPACE Continued from page 47 Rank Show Information NAME & MANAGEMENT 25 MRket Business Journals, Inc. Britton Jones, President & CEO (203) 853-6015 brittonj@busjour.com 26 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits National Rifle Association Jeffrey Poole, Director, Membership Programs (703) 267-3782 jpoole@nrahq.org 27 Safety 2011 Hall-Erickson, Inc. Michael Weil, Show Director (630) 434-7779 28 mweil@heiexpo.com Composites 2011 American Composites Manufacturers Association Heather Rhoderick, CMP, Dir. of Conventions & Education (703) 525-0511 hrhoderick@acmanet.org 29 The Work Truck Show NTEA - The Association for the Work Truck Industry Steve Carey, CAE, Executive Dir. (248) 489-7090 x112 steve@ntea.com 30 HELI-EXPO® Helicopter Association Intl. Matthew S. Zuccaro, President (703) 683-4646 tailrotor@rotor.com 31 Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo Northeastern Loggers' Assn. Joseph Phaneuf, Executive Director/Show Manager (315) 369-3078 expo@northernlogger.com 32 American Veterinary Medical Assn. Annual Convention American Veterinary Medical Association Kelly Fox, Director, Convention & Meeting Planning Division (847) 285-6672 kfox@avma.org 33 DistribuTECH PennWell Corporation Michael Grossman, Publisher (918) 832-9305 michaelg@pennwell.com San Diego, CA Tampa, FL 110,800 96,500 14.8% 391 339 15.3% 8,675 6,472 34.0% General Services: Brede/Allied Convention Services Regisration: In-house Housing: Preferred Convention Services St. Louis, MO Atlanta, GA 46,300 40,200 15.2% 283 263 7.6% 8,800 8,505 3.5% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Regisration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: Wyndham Jade Orlando, FL Houston, TX 283,900 243,800 16.4% 608 586 3.8% 16,019 15,243 Indianapolis, IN St. Louis, MO 228,421 196,100 16.5% 560 524 6.9% 10,020 8,054 24.4% General Services: Freeman Regisration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: In-house 5.1% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Regisration: In-house Housing: Connections Housing Bangor, ME 281,000 Essex Junction, VT 242,750 15.8% 199 174 14.4% 7,200 6,426 12.0% General Services: SER Exposition Services Regisration: ExpoTrac Housing: None Fort Lauderdale, FL 40,200 Las Vegas, NV 34,300 17.2% 220 180 22.2% 3,000 2,924 Chicago, IL Baltimore, MD 72,200 61,500 17.4% 441 377 17.0% 8,545 6,570 30.1% General Services: Freeman Regisration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: onPeak 2.6% General Services: Champion Exposition Services* Regisration: eShow Housing: IMN Solutions Pittsburgh, PA Charlotte, NC 161,600 137,400 17.6% 559 455 22.9% 71,139 72,128 Show Site 2011/2010 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV NSF of Exhibits Exhibitors 42,500 17.9% 351 298 17.8% Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 50,100 4,355 4,082 6.7% General Services: Metropolitan Exposition Services, Inc. Regisration: Custom Registration, Inc. Housing: Par Avion (1.4)% General Services: Brede Exposition Services Regisration: In-house Housing: ConferenceDirect Continued on page 50 48 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive *Company acquired by Freeman in 2011 © 2012, Trade Show Executive Magazine, Oceanside, CA (760) 630-9105