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ConExpo Online Show Planner

I’d like to share some handy online tools for attendees to make it easier to navigate this huge (and sometimes overwhelming) trade show.

Once you’ve registered for ConExpo, take a look at the Show Planner & Map on the ConExpo website. Once you land on the Show Planner welcome page, click on “My Show Planner” and fill out the required blanks. If you do not want exhibitors to know that you’ve added them to your itinerary, simply uncheck the “Please share my information with exhibitors I add to MyShow”.

Plan which booths to visit  Read more...

Just like last month, you can still choose from 52 Las Vegas hotels when booking rooms through the ConExpo-Con/Agg website. Much like the “Early Bird” discount offered on hotel rooms through the ConExpo website that ended August 31 from my last blog entry, they have opened up the same discounts on 13 of the previously 17 discounted hotels.  Take a look at the most recent list of ConExpo hotels, including the 13 with discounts.  Then book your hotel of choice by Sept. 29 if you want to take advantage of any of the reduced pricing. Here’s the current list of ConExpo hotels.  Read more...

Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, under construction

ConExpo-Con/Agg 2011 may seem like a long way off, but it will be here before you know it.  I recently found out some interesting information about “Early Bird” hotel pricing that I wanted to share with exhibitors and attendees alike.

First, if you don’t know about ConExpo, let me tell you; it’s the largest tradeshow for the construction industries in North America.  ConExpo-Con/Agg is held every 3 years in Las Vegas.  The last time it was held there were over 144,000 people registered for this 5-day tradeshow.  The next one is scheduled for March 22-26, 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  Read more...