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New Team Member for TSE
Jennifer Woertz has joined Trade Show Executive Media Group as assistant event manager, working on the team for the TSE Gold 100 Awards & Summit, October 3-5 in Washington, DC; the TSE Fastest 50 Awards & Summit, May 8-10 in Chicago, IL; the Gold Gala Asia, planned for 2013; and other events to be launched. Jennifer is an experienced event manager who earned
her Certified Trade Show Manager (CTSM) certification from Exhibitor magazine and is active in IAEE, PCMA, MPI and CEMA. She began her trade show career at NuVasive, Inc., a bio-medical device corporation based out of San Diego, where she was promoted several times to become associate manager of event marketing. She also served as marketing and events associate at Royal Media Group, an information and media services company. Reach Jennifer at jwoertz@tradeshowexecutive.com
DAVID BONAPARTE, group vice president of JCK brands for Reed Exhi- bitions, was appointed pres- ident and chief executive of Jewelers of America (JA) to replace MATTHEW RUNCI, who will retire at the end of
2012. He was chosen from among 200 candidates. Jewelers of America stages the JA New York Summer and Winter shows produced by Nielsen Expositions. Te recent summer show drew 13,000 attendees and 800
Index to Advertisers
a2z, Inc. www.a2zinc.net .....................p. 7, 9 & 11
Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority www.accva.com .......................... p. 69
Boston Convention Marketing Center www.advantageboston.com ....... ..... Cover 2
Choose Chicago www.choosechicago.com ................. p. 45
CompuSystems, Inc. www.compusystems.com ................. p. 49
Exhibit Sales Roundtable www.largeshowroundtable.com/esr ......... p. 87
Fern Exposition & Event Services www.fernexpo.com ....................... p. 53
Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau www.miamimeetings.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 19-23
exhibitors. Tose shows will continue to be oper- ated by Nielsen. A replace- ment for Bonaparte has not yet been chosen. Reach David at (203) 840-5675 or dbonaparte@reedexpo.com
Te Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority began its search for a new direc- tor of convention sales in July aſter SCOTT WILSON stepped down. Wilson held the position for more than a year before departing to pursue another opportunity. Chris Meyer, vice president of sales, said the hunt for a replacement would enter the interview stage before the end of Summer. Reach Chris at (702) 892-0711 or cmeyer@lvcva.com
Messe Frankfurt USA named KRISTY MEADE the group show direc- tor of textile events. Te newly created position gives
Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium www.icclos.com ....................... Cover 4
ITN International, Inc. www.itn-international.com ................. p. 93
International Exposition Center (I-X Center) www.ixcenter.com ........................ p. 73
Sands Expo and Convention Center/ The Venetian/The Palazzo www.sandsexpo.com ..................... p. 71
pc/nametag, Inc www.pcnametag.com ..................... p. 18
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau www.paconvention.com .................. . p. 77
PRG Corporate & Trade Show Services www.prg.com ............................ p. 67
Reliant Park www.reliantpark.com ................ Over Cover
Meade responsibility for the company's textiles port- folio, which includes Tex- world USA, Techtextil North America and three other events. Meade was most recently director of events for the Industrial Fabrics Association International. Reach Kristy at (770) 984- 8016 or kristy.meade@ usa.messefrankfurt.com
JEFF JOSEPH joined the Consumer Electronics As- sociation (CEA) as com- munications and strategic relationships senior vice president. Joseph was the CEA communications vice president from 1998 through 2006 and then spent six years in the same position with the Biotech- nology Industry Organiza- tion. In his latest stint with the CEA, Joseph will lead the association's overall- communications strategies. Reach Jeff at (703) 907-7650 or jjoseph@ce.org
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel www.renaissanceschaumburg.com ......... p. 95
Rosemont Convention & Visitors Bureau www.rosemont.com ....................... p. 75
SMG www.smgworld.com ...................p. 78-85
Trade Show Executive Gold 100 Awards & Summit www.tradeshowexecutive.com .......... p. 14-15
Travel Alberta www.travelalberta.com ............... .. Cover 3
TWI Group www.twiglobal.com ........................ p. 3
Ungerboeck Systems International, Inc. www.ungerboeck.com .................p. 24-31
United Service Companies www.unitedhq.com ....................p. 32-38
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