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Off-Price, MAGIC: What Retail Slump?
Most of the retail market has been hit hard by the economic downturn, and recent Las Vegas-based tradeshows, such as The WSA Show, haven’t fared much better. But at least two other recent shows, Tarsus Group’s Off-Price Specialist Show – Las Vegas and Advanstar Communications’ MAGIC Marketplace, have bucked the downward trend. Read on...

Hunkering Down in Bad Times …
What does a major convention and tourist destination do in bad times? It hunkers down, tightens its belt, gets creative and recognizes that it still must plan for better days ahead. Such was the subject at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors. Read on...

GES Re-signs MAGIC
GES Exposition Services secured its long-standing connection with the largest fashion industry tradeshow. The general service contractor signed a five-year contract extension with Advanstar Communications’ MAGIC Intl. tradeshow. The new contract extends the 15-year relationship between the mega garment industry event and its general service contractor. Read on...

Set Your BlackBerrys
The educational opportunities are plentiful, so reserve some time for professional development over the next couple of weeks. Read on...

People Love Their Pets
Doug Poindexter, president of the World Wide Pet Industry Assn., is positive about the pet shop business. As a result, he added, the WWPIA tradeshow, SuperZoo, held Sept. 9-11 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, saw attendance, estimated at 8,000, on par with last year, as well as an increase in the number of exhibitors to more than 620, despite a tough retail economy. Read on...

Going With the Overflow
In overseeing convention sales and marketing at the Las Vegas Hilton, Kevin Mealiffe also works with the neighboring Las Vegas Convention Center, whose largest tradeshows often use the Hilton’s 200,000 square feet of convention space for overflow. Contributing Editor Lisa Plummer asked him how this relationship works. Read on...

TSW Las Vegas is edited by Rachel Wimberly, senior editor of Tradeshow Week. She can be reached at
(323) 965-5302, or by email at rachel.wimberly@reedbusiness.com.

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