Source: TSNN Blog
Social media isn’t just for sharing selfies or tweeting 140 characters anymore. We use it every day to stay connected to family and friends, read about current events, and feel included in events and stories from across the globe. Facebook has found a way to encourage user involvement with its new feature, Collaborative Stories.

Source: Exhibitor Online
Leading brand experience company, Freeman, today announced that a founding group of top event technology companies have joined its open product ecosystem, Fuzion℠. The recently announced ecosystem aims to help solve industry-wide integration challenges between digital solutions by connecting data across all points of the event life cycle to create a seamless experience for organizers and attendees.

Source: Trade Show Executive
The next phase of the ambitious expansion and renovation of the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) kicks off Jan. 8 with a groundbreaking ceremony in a parking lot off Elvis Presley Way.

Source: International Meetings Review
The City of Memphis has officially filed a construction permit for a ground up transformation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center that will kick off in Q1 2018, and wrap up construction in Q4 2019. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced plans for the project, pending City Council approval, to coincide with the city's bicentennial year as part of the Bicentennial Gateway.

Source: TSNN News
Experiential events and exhibitions production company, Hargrove, has been acquired by the parent holding company of PSAV, a global provider of audiovisual and event experiences. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed. The acquisition not only brings together a premium experiential events and trade show company with one of the largest event experience providers in North America and Europe, but also marks PSAV’s ownership group’s entry into the global trade show market and the acceleration of its expansion into live experiential events.

Source: CEIR Events
After a year of a tumultuous U.S. administration and erratic policies, the exhibitions industry continues to grow and prove that face-to-face interactions are important in the business model. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) provides countless insights for the exhibitions industry on attendee engagement, show strategy and much more.