Category: Conventions / Expos

Second City: Coverings Second Site

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Beginning in 2007, Coverings will find a second home in Chicago. The McCormick Place Convention Center, the largest convention facility in the United States, will host the tile and stone event in odd-numbered...

Carrara Show Expands, Cuts Prices

MARINA DI CARRARA, Italy – The CarraraMarmotec 2006 stone event will grow its exhibition space and reduce exhibitor fees in a strategy that “throws down the gauntlet” in the international stone market, according to...

Stone+Tec 2005: Steady Surprise?

By Emerson Schwartzkopf NUREMBERG, Germany – At Stone+tec 2005 in late May, many exhibitors grumbled not-so-quietly about the Chinese invasion. What they didn’t notice was the Italian withdrawal. The four-day biennial event certainly held...

CarraraMarmotec 2005 Holds Its Own

CARRARA, Italy – Considering current trade-show competition and its own downward trend of attendance in recent years, CarraraMarmotec made an admirable showing in 2005 with a virtual repeat of last year’s performance. The twenty-sixth...

Coverings Tops 32,000 in 2005

ORLANDO – Coverings set another record for attendance with its 2005 show here in early May – and did it convincingly, with a double-digit growth in turnout. National Trade Productions (NTP), the show’s producer,...

ITSS Makes Miami Debut

MIAMI – ITSS-Miami, at the Miami Beach Convention Center on March 31- April 2, received plaudits from exhibitors and visitors alike. The event marked the return of the stone industry to the popular Miami...

Marmomacc, StonExpo Team Up

DALLAS –Marmomacc and StonExpo entered into a mutual endorsement agreement in April. These two industry events will combine efforts to ensure maximum exposure and growth for the stone industry and their respective shows. Officials...