We wanted to remind everyone that ESCA Headquarters has moved to Carrollton, TX, a suburb of Dallas, effective October 1 of last year. Please make note of the new address for your records:

2340 E Trinity Mills Road #100
Carrollton, TX 75006
469.574.0698 Main
469.574.0697 FAX

Invoices for your 2007 dues were mailed on Dcember 18th. please note that your payment is due on January 31st. Thank you for your support of ESCA!

ESCA’s 2006 Annual Meeting held in San Diego on November 27 set a record for attendance with 134 registered attendees. Follow this link to view photos of the reception and dinner.

The slate of Officers and Board of Directors for 2007 was announced at the Annual Meeting. Outgoing President Tom Drullinger of George E. Fern Company recapped ESCA’s accomplishments in 2006 and introduced 2007 President Aaron Bludworth of Modern Exposition Services.

The Stoweflake Resort & Spa in Stowe, VT will be home for the 2007 Summer Educational Conference June 24-27. We are anticipating a record attendance, so don’t delay in registering and making your room reservations! Official registration forms will be available at www.esca.org in February.

Our "new and improved" website is now live. We Strongly encourage everyone to review your company information that is listed in the Membership Directory to insure it’s accuracy. Remember, it is your responsibility to keep us up to date on any changes in personnel, new addresses, additional offices, etc.

Year-end can be one of the busiest times for those persons involved with human resource responsibilities within an organization. Following is a list of some of the activities too accomplish as one year ends and the transition is make to a new year.

While we’re all up to our eyeballs in economic surveys and industry reports, we rarely get a bird’s eye view of our own backyard. When someone asks us, “So how’s the trade show industry doing?” we don’t have a concrete, research-based answer — until now. Thanks to the Second Annual CEIR Index, the answer is: “Things are looking up.”

Technology continues to advance at exponential rates and is changing the face of the MICE industry in astonishing ways. We will see many developments in the next few years, including: