Danica Tormohlen

Kansas City

VP, Content, Informa, publisher of Trade Show News Network & Corporate Event News. Award-winning journalist who has covered the event industry since 1994.

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Articles

Hyatt Breaks Ground on 800-room Headquarters Hotel in Miami Beach

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

After years of planning, civic leaders, developers, and meeting and hospitality executives gathered last Friday in Miami Beach, Fla., to officially break ground on a new 800-room Grand Hyatt Miami Beach that will be connected via skywalk to the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC).
FENCETECH 2025 Grows Exhibitors by 10%+ Year Over Year in Salt Lake City

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

When the American Fence Association (AFA) gathered for its annual convention and trade show in February at the Salt Palace Convention Center, FENCETECH increased the number of its exhibitors from 310 in 2024 to 343 in 2025, reflecting a year-over-year growth of 10.6%. Of those,103 exhibitors were new. After posting record attendance of 7,517 in Nashville last year, the rotating event attracted 5,128 fence industry professionals to Salt Lake City from February 24 to 28.
5 Takeaways from CEIR’s Q4 2024 Index

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

The U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry continues to rebound, recording the strongest quarter since the pandemic in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2024, according to the recently released Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) Index that measures exhibition performance for exhibitors, attendance, net square footage, and real revenues. “Recent results confirm the continued recovery in trade show activity through the end of last year,” said Tourism Economics President Adam Sacks.
PACK EXPO Southeast Launch Draws Nearly 10,000 to Atlanta

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, recently launched PACK EXPO Southeast, bringing together more than 6,700 attendees and 2,800 exhibitor personnel for 9,500 total. The inaugural event, held March 10-12 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, brought a new regional audience to connect and drive the future of packaging and processing. The three-day event, which will run biennially, featured 504 exhibiting companies across 115,000 net square feet.
TSNN, IAVM, and Honeycomb Strategies Launch Industry-First Sustainability Benchmarking Platform for Venues

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

In a groundbreaking move for sustainability in the live event space, Trade Show News Network (TSNN), the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), and Honeycomb Strategies have announced the launch of Venue Sustainalytics—a first-of-its-kind sustainability benchmarking and data intelligence platform purpose-built for venues and event organizers.
Q&A with Choose Chicago’s New President & CEO Kristen Reynolds

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

After searching for more than one year for a permanent replacement, Choose Chicago has tapped Kristen Reynolds, who has served as Discover Long Island President and CEO since 2015, as its new president and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 5. She will lead Chicago’s convention and tourism industry, which is a key driver of the city’s economy, generating $19.5 billion in leisure and business spending in 2023, according to the latest research by Choose Chicago.
Hyve Group Expands (Again) in U.S. With Manifest Acquisition

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

Following the acquisitions of POSSIBLE and HLTH in the last 12 months, global event organizer Hyve Group has acquired Manifest, a fast-growing, global event for the supply chain and logistics sector, from Connectiv Holdings. The move comes as the U.S. retail logistics sector is projected to grow to $109.31 billion by 2030, up from $43.17 billion in 2021—a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%, according to Grand View Research.
Easyfairs Plots U.S. Growth with Backing from Cuil Bay Capital

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

After leading Tarsus Group through multiple decades of global growth and eventually a $940 million acquisition by Informa in 2023, industry heavyweight Doug Emslie is back with a bold new move: investing in Belgium-based trade show organizer Easyfairs through his investment firm Cuil Bay Capital.
Inclusion Remains Core to Trade Show Success in 2025

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

Since U.S. President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14151, titled "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing," on January 20, federal agencies have been rolling back their DEI programs and cutting budgets. While some of the administration’s efforts only apply to the federal government, several target DEI programs in the private sector. How are independent trade show companies responding?
Inside the Launch of Event Copilot

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Danica Tormohlen

A groundbreaking new tool is entering the event technology space, promising to transform how attendees interact with conferences—and how organizers manage them. Trade Show Logic, a full-service show management company, and TurnoutNow, a company that leverages AI, machine learning and analytics to create business solutions in the live event space, have partnered to launch eventCopilot, an AI-powered engagement platform built specifically for the events industry.