Archive for the ‘NPE’ Category
Housewares show sticks with McCormick
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Crain's Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune are reporting that the International Home + Housewares Show is going to stay in Chicago's McCormick Place. Earlier this week the International Housewares Association had threatened to find a new location for the...
Law credits SPI for kick-starting McCormick reforms
Friday, May 28th, 2010
The plastics industry played a key role in jump-starting the reforms at Chicago's McCormick Place that Illinois legislators approved yesterday. The proof -- the plastics group is actually mentioned in the law itself. The bill became law yesterday when the...
Housewares show gives Chicago an ultimatum
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
The International Housewares Association has given Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn until Friday to sign legislation that will reform how business is done at the McCormick Place convention center -- or risk losing the International Home + Housewares Show. That's the...
More change at McCormick Place
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Juan Ochoa, CEO of the agency that runs McCormick Place and Navy Pier, announced his resignation today, and more big trade shows are threatening to leave Chicago. Yes, the convention business in Chicago remains in a state of flux that...
Despite volcano, Chinaplas is No. 2
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
The Chinaplas trade show now appears to be the No. 2 global plastics trade show, measured by attendance, surpassing North America's NPE show. And that's despite volcano-related travel distruptions, which held down attendance from Europe. Attendance at the Chinaplas 2010...
Trade shows complain about McCormick
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
The Chicago Tribune editorialized about the need for change at the McCormick Place convention center again yesterday. The column, "A Chicago job crisis," draws heavily from complaints from trade show organizers who met with state legislators this week. Five organizations...
McCormick exhibitors want lower costs
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Chicago continues to debate how to stop an exodus of trade shows from McCormick Place. This week they got a dose of common sense in a meeting with show organizers. Exhibitors want lower costs and more flexible work rules so...
Conventions crack down on ‘outboarders’
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Have you ever visited a trade show, then gone to a hospitality suite sponsored by a company not exhibiting at the show? It happens all the time, and people in the convention business call those non-exhibiting vendors "outboarders." According to...
McCormick to meet with trade show representatives
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Change is coming to McCormick Place. Crain's Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune are reporting that officials from Chicago's convention and tourism bureau plan to Feb. 17 with trade show clients to present their plan for reorganizing McCormick Place's troubled...
News flash: McCormick is expensive
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Did you know that the average average straight-time labor cost for contractors at Chicago's McCormick Place is $66.30 an hour, compared with $42.62 in Las Vegas and $26.83 in Orlando, Fla.? Those numbers come from the Chicago Tribune, reporting today...