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Index II: Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Shows RANKED BY PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN NUMBER OF EXHIBITING COMPANIES Rank Show Information NAME & MANAGEMENT SuperZoo 34 World Pet Association Doug Poindexter, CAE, President (626) 447-2222 doug.poindexter@wpamail.org 35 Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo Northeastern Loggers' Assn. Joseph Phaneuf, Executive Director/Show Manager (315) 369-3078 expo@northernlogger.com 36 The NBM Show (Austin) National Business Media, Inc. Susan Hueg, CEM, CMP, Director, Exhibitions & Events (303) 469-0424 x204 susan@nbm.com 37 Texworld USA (Summer Edition) Messe Frankfurt, Inc. John Gallagher, President & CEO (770) 984-8016 john.gallagher@ 38 usa.messefrankfurt.com Digital Signage Expo Angelo Varrone, CEO avarrone@exponation.net Exponation, LLC (770) 649-0300 x12 39 InformexUSA UBM Live Jim Buckley, Brand Director (609) 759-4707 jim.buckley@ubm.com 40 Sweets & Snacks Expo National Confectioners Assn. Theresa Anthony, Senior Director of Expo (202) 534-1440 41 theresa.anthony@candyusa.com American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting American Epilepsy Society M. Suzanne C. Berry, MBA, CAE, Executive Director (860) 586-7505 sberry@aesnet.org 42 Nightclub & Bar Convention & Trade Show Questex Media Group LLC Liza Wylie, VP (203) 227-9875 lwylie@questex.com Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 176,000 160,400 9.7% 613 541 13.3% 31,340 28,492 10.0% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: EPIC Housing: Par Avion Baltimore, MD San Antonio, TX 17,080 17,040 0.2% 93 82 13.4% 4,512 4,324 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL 140,262 127,750 9.8% 551 486 13.4% 14,000 12,500 Charlotte, NC 69,450 San Francisco, CA 68,850 0.9% 489 429 14.0% 3,675 3,493 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 60,260 53,420 12.8% 195 171 14.0% 5,173 4,873 Austin, TX Fort Worth, TX 22,600 20,500 10.2% 111 97 14.4% 3,500 4,600 (23.9)% General Services: AGS Expo Services Registration: The Pulse Network Housing: In-house New York, NY New York, NY 36,100 34,300 5.2% 323 283 14.1% 3,456 3,390 1.9% General Services: Metropolitan Exposition Services, Inc. Registration: Custom Registration, Inc. Housing: None 6.2% General Services: Champion Exposition Services* Registration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: In-house 5.2% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: Convention Data Services Housing: In-house 12.0% General Services: Champion Exposition Services* Registration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: onPeak 4.3% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: In-house Housing: Experient Bangor, ME 281,000 15.8% Essex Junction, VT 242,750 199 174 14.4% 7,200 6,426 Show Site 2011/2010 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV NSF of Exhibits Exhibitors 120,900 795 690 Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 136,900 13.2% 15.2% 12,197 10,275 18.7% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: ITN International Housing: Par Avion 12.0% General Services: SER Exposition Services Registration: ExpoTrac Housing: None Continued on next page *Company acquired by Freeman in 2011 www.TradeShowExecutive.com | August 2012 57