Archive for the ‘NPE’ Category
WSJ discovers McCormick’s problems
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
A Plastics Blog reader pointed out that The Wall Street Journal has finally noticed the story on the exodus of trade shows from Chicago. The story, on Page A6 in our Jan. 19 edition, was headlined "Chicago Loses Cachet as...
Unions push own McCormick Place reforms
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Greg Hinz, a columnist for Crain's Chicago Business, posted a blog item today on a proposal by several unions to make a McCormick Place more competitive with other trade show venues. The unions called for audits of trade-show operators and...
McCormick seeks cheaper food
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Chicago continues to churn following the loss of the 2012 and 2015 NPE shows to Orlando, Fla. The latest news comes today from the Chicago Tribune, which reports that the convention center wants to scrap its food service contract in...
Using virtual software to create real spaces
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Here's an interesting news snippet that came out today -- a Michigan ad agency helped create a customer hospitality and business center at NPE 2009 by using the online 3D virtual world Second Life. The customer was Dow Chemical Co.,...
McCormick costs in the spotlight
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
A trade show that spent about $40,000 for electrical services in another city got charged $240,000 for the services in Chicago's McCormick Place. Another show organizer complained that it recently spent $125,000 on sandwich and salad-bar lunch and beverage services...
Pepsi in Chicago now only $293
Friday, December 11th, 2009
McCormick Place is trying to be more competitive. Really. Just this week they dropped the price of four cases of Pepsi from $345 to $293. That's the story from the Chicago Tribune, whose reporters are well aware that a complaint...
City may help McCormick, if the gouging stops
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The politics surrounding McCormick Place have become a soap opera. Last week, Mayor Richard Daley admitted that the convention center is gouging exhibitors -- which is the reason SPI decided to move the 2012 and 2015 NPE shows to Orlando,...
McCormick labor: We’ve made sacrifices
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Labor unions at McCormick Place have been getting a lot of the blame for the loss of the 2012 and 2015 NPE shows to Orlando, Fla. But are they really at fault? Jim Leahy, a third-generation member of the Riggers...
Daley admits McCormick gouges exhibitors
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
They say the first step to fixing a problem is to acknowledge it exists. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley took a big step in that direction on Tuesday, when he told reporters why McCormick Place is losing business, including the 2012...
Chicago loses dairy trade show to Dallas
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
It's been a rough couple of weeks for Chicago's trade show business, with yet more bad news today. The International Dairy Foods Association announced that its 2010 show will be held in Dallas instead of Chicago's McCormick Place. As was...