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EXPO Magazine Announces 2006 Best New Show Award winners
 Overland Park, KS (April 19, 2006) -- 2005 was a good year to launch trade and consumer shows, as exemplified by the just-announced winners of EXPO's 2006 Best New Show Awards.
Winners range from Las Vegas Market, best in the Trade Show (Stand-alone Launch) category for its home and hospitality furnishings event that attracted 60,000 attendees and 1,200 exhibiting companies, to the Podcast & New Media Expo, best in the Trade and Consumer Show category for its event focused on an emerging new technology that drew 60 exhibitors covering 7,500 paid net square feet.
"This year's winners prove that trade and consumer shows continue to be the best medium to bring together buyers and sellers face to face, across all industries," says Danica Tormohlen, Editor in Chief of EXPO.
Based on all entries, a few key trends emerged for show launches in 2005:
The fourth quarter (October-December) is the most popular time of year to launch new events.
New York and Las Vegas are popular locations for launches.
Independent, for-profit producers are much more active in launching shows than associations.
No surprise, most show launches are focused on growing industries and emerging new technologies.
The Best New Show Award, presented by EXPO Magazine, salutes trade and consumer shows in five categories, including: Trade Show (Stand-Alone Launch), Trade Show (Co-Located Launch), Consumer Show, Trade and Consumer Show, and Nontraditional Event. The program is the only industry honor solely recognizing new show launches.
The winners for EXPO's 2006 Best New Show Awards are:
Category: Trade and Consumer Show
Podcast & New Media Expo
Show organizer: TNC New Media
Dates: Nov. 11-12, 2005
Location: Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA
Show Stats: 2,037 attendees; 60 exhibiting companies; 7,500 paid net square feet
Staff responsible for launch: Tim Bourquin, Founder; Luann Alesio, Show Manager; Laura Laflin, Registration Manager; Paul Rahmes, Creative Director; and Bonnie Adama, Conference Coordinator.
Each show was judged independently and scored by three judges; their scores were then averaged for a final score. Each show was judged individually based on the following criteria: objective/mission; strategies/execution; and results.
This year's distinguished panel of judges includes:
Mike Fisher, National Association of Consumer Shows
Monica Vila, Ziff Davis (2004 winner)
Peter Nathan, PWN
Carol Fojtik, Hall Erickson
Dan Cole, CES
Bill Sell, AdvisorComm
Vicki Hennin, Diversified Business Communications (2004 winner)
Tom Cindric, Hanley Wood (2004 winner)
Cherif Moujabber, Creative Expos
Jack Chalden, Chalden & Associates
Steve Schuldenfrei, Trade Show Exhibitors Association
Sam Lippman, integrated marketing and management
Danica Tormohlen, EXPO
Donna Sanford, EXPO
Profiles of the winners will appear in July/August 2006 issue of EXPO. For more information, contact Danica Tormohlen at dtormohlen@ascendmedia.com or 913-344-1303. Stay tuned for details about the 2007 Best New Show Awards.
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About EXPO Magazine
EXPO Magazine (www.expoweb.com) provides strategies and solutions for trade show, convention and corporate event management. EXPO readers are association, independent and corporate show organizers who plan, promote and produce events around the world. In addition to our print publication, EXPO publishes a weekly e-newsletter and weekly podcast. In 2005, EXPO received the Folio: Eddie Award for editorial excellence and min's b-to-b Best Web Site Redesign Award.
EXPO is published by Overland Park, KS-based Ascend Media (www.ascendmedia.com), a diversified business media organization that owns and operates professional magazines and journals; organizes trade shows, conferences and educational programs; and maintains online properties and databases serving the medical, healthcare and business services industries.
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