100+ Leading Trade Show Industry Suppliers Nominated for TSEA's New Red Diamond Awards

100+ Leading Trade Show Industry Suppliers Nominated for TSEA's New Red
Diamond Awards

CHICAGO, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nominations are in, and 100+
leading trade show industry suppliers have been nominated for the new Trade
Show Exhibitor's Association "Exhibitor's Choice" Red Diamond Awards. Voting
is now open for the Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA) Exhibitors'
Choice Awards at www.tsea.org. The awards will be presented at the TSEA
Foundation Gala on the evening of July 22, 2009 (during TS2.) The nominees
include:

-- Favorite Exhibit House - 3D Exhibits; Acer Exhibits; Czarnowski;
Cyclonix; Exhibitgroup/Giltspur; Exhibitus; Hamilton Exhibits; MC2;
Nomadic; Octanorm USA, Inc.; PICO; Prairie Displays; Skyline
-- Favorite General Contractor - Blaine Convention Services; Champion
Exposition; Freeman; George E. Fern; GES; Hargrove; Metropolitan
Exposition Services; The Expo Group; Shepard Exposition Services
-- Favorite Installation and Dismantling Company - 300 Exhibit Services
and
Events; Coastal International; Czarnowski; Nth Degree; Renaissance
Management; Willwork Inc.
-- Favorite Transportation/Freight Company - Barrett United Allied Van;
EA
Logistics; Elite Expo; Kuehne + Nagel; PEI, Inc; TTS Logistics; TWI
Group
-- Favorite of the Rest - APCO; Constellation Communications Corp.;
Creative Training Solutions; Exhibit Surveys; ExpoCall; Kaon
Interactive, Inc; ListenNation Corporation; NMR Staging and Events;
Siskind Training International; Spearhead Creative; Trade Show
Teacher;
United Services Companies
-- Favorite Show Manager - Randy Bauler, CEM (AACN); Chris Brown (NAB);
Kendra Nicastro (Baby Bonanza); Chris Price (GraphExpo); Mary Upton,
CEM
(ASI Shows); Karen Chupka (CES); Bob Hughes (NACS); Mary Pat Heftman
(NRA); Robbi Lycett (Biotechnology Industry Organization); Rob Mesirow
(CTIA); Chuck Yuska (PMMI/PackExpo); Vinnie Polito (Reed
Exhibitions/Worldwide Life Sciences & Healthcare Division); Larry
Schur (All Baby & Child); Dennis Slater (Association of Equipment
Manufacturers)
-- Favorite Show of 2009 - ASI Shows; American Association of Critical
Care
Nurses; Baby Bonanza; Consumer Electronics Show; International Builder
Show; National Association of Convenience Stores; National Association
of Broadcasters; National Restaurant Association
-- Favorite Convention City - Atlanta, GA; Atlantic City, NJ; Baltimore,
MD; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Hershey, PA; Houston, TX;
Honolulu, HI; Las Vegas, NV; Miami, FL; Milwaukee, WI; New Orleans,
LA;
Orlando, FL; Rosemont, IL; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA;
Toronto

-- Favorite Convention Center - Cobb Galleria; David R Lawrence
Convention
Center; Direct Energy Center; George R. Brown Center; Georgia World
Congress Center; International Exposition Center (IX); Las Vegas
Convention Center; Las Vegas Sands Mega - Center; Mandalay Boat Resort
and Casino; McCormick Place; Midwest Airlines Center; Morial
Convention
Center; Navy Pier; Orange County Convention Center; Puerto Rico
Convention Center; Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center

"We're thrilled at the enthusiastic response to this new program," said Margit
Weisgal, TSEA's President. "Exhibitors and attendees are this industry's
ultimate customers, and these prestigious awards will be quite a marketing
tool in the future."

Voting will continue until July 8, 2009. Tickets to the Gala, at Chicago
Illuminating Company, http://www.chicagoilluminatingcompany.com, are available
for a $20 donation to the foundation at www.tsea.org or can be purchased
during TS2 at TSEA's booth during show hours. The event is sponsored by
several leading industry companies and Chicago restaurants.

About EIEF

The Exhibit Industry Education Foundation (also known as The TSEA Foundation)
is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. The EIEF is the research,
information and fund-raising foundation for the Trade Show Exhibitors
Association (TSEA) benefiting the members of the $124 billion exhibit and
event industry comprised of businesses, non-profit associations and for-profit
entities that participate in, exhibit at and produce trade shows. It funds
specialized research on the exhibit and event industry, provides a variety of
workshops, seminars and professional development opportunities and access to
specialized research and reference assistance. The Foundation plays a key
leadership and advocacy role for the exhibit and event industry and acts as a
voice for the sector, articulating the data, reach, impact and contributions
made possible through exhibit and event marketing.

Contact:
David Brull
TSEA
312.949.5795

SOURCE Trade Show Exhibitors Association

David Brull of TSEA, +1-312-949-5795