DALLAS, 21 November 2013 – Third quarter results for the Center for Exhibition Industry Research Index fell below projections increasing only 0.2 percent, approximately one percentage point lower than the previous three quarters and down from 0.9 percent during the same period in 2012. Despite 13 consecutive quarters of growth, compared to the same quarter […]
DALLAS, 29 October 2013 – Today the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announces a new report, Exhibitor Ancillary On-site Marketing Practices. This report documents the most common on-site marketing activities exhibitors engage in while on-premise at an exhibition. It also takes a further, important step in identifying how effective users find each activity to […]
DALLAS, 9 October 2013 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research Foundation (CEIR Foundation) announced today it is kicking off a special silent auction providing exhibitions, events and meetings organizers with access to several destination/experiential travel packages donated by travel industry organizations. This is the first silent auction launched by the CEIR Foundation in 10 […]
DALLAS, 3 October 2013 – Chairman of the Board for the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) Greg Ortale announced today that Brian Casey has been selected as the new president and chief executive officer of the organization, effective December 2013. Currently, Casey is Vice President & General Manager for the Cleveland Global Center for […]
NEW YORK, 12 September 2013 – Today, during the Center for Exhibition Industry Research’s (CEIR) annual outlook conference, Predict, the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) made a record-breaking announcement and confirmed a contribution of up to $100,000 over the next five years to support the ongoing creation of research which fuels the exhibition […]
DALLAS, 11 September 2013 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) today announced it has selected DoubleDutch, a leading provider of mobile applications for the exhibition and meeting industry, as the mobile app provider for CEIR Predict, the exhibition industry’s premier outlook conference. Slated for Thursday, 12 September 2013 at the Waldorf Astoria in […]
DALLAS, 26 August 2013 – Today the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announces a new report, Exhibitor Product Information Sharing Practices. This report documents the most common ways exhibitors share product information with attendees who visit their booths and compares these practices with how attendees prefer obtaining this information. It also identifies which methods […]
TITLE SPONSORS DALLAS, 22 August 2013 – While some exhibitions in the Medical and Health Care (MD) sector have reported record attendance, others are struggling in the face of the Sequester and the Affordable Care Act. Long considered to be a highly successful sector, the next several years will require ingenuity. The Communications and […]
Untitled document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Overall Exhibition Industry Grew 1.2% Marking Three Years of Consecutive Growth CEIR Index Second Quarter Results in Line with Economists’ Projection but Slightly Lags Behind Macro Economy as Real GDP Gains 1.4% DALLAS, 19 August 2013 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announces that data collected for the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TITLE SPONSORS Three Sectors Originally Projected to Lead the Exhibition Industry – Is the Forecast Still Positive? DALLAS, 15 August 2013 – When the CEIR Index was released early in the spring, the Financial, Legal, Real Estate (FN); Discretionary Consumer Goods (CS); and Sporting Goods and Entertainment (ST) […]