\u201cThe dedication of these individuals and the lengths they go to service their attendees and exhibitors are the exact reasons we started the SMOTY awards program \u2014 to give credit where it is due,\u201d says Ray Pekowski, president and CEO of The Expo Group. \u201cOver the years we have had the pleasure of honoring some truly amazing people in our industry and contributed thousands of\u00a0 dollars to charities on their behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n
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As part of the TSNN T-Awards, each 2012 SMOTY winner will be presented with the iconic SMOTY crystal obelisk trophy and be honored with a donation to their favorite charity.<\/p>\n
The 2012 SMOTY judges were Glenda Brungardt, The Expo Group Exhibit Manager of the Year award winner from HP; David DuBois, executive director of the International Association for Exhibitions & Events; Jennifer Hoff, former SMOTY winner now COO of VP International; Sam Lippman, president and founder, Lippmann Connects; and Rachel Wimberly, president of Trade Show News Network.<\/p>\n
The Expo Group SMOTY awards are open to anyone in the industry responsible for producing a show, regardless of any affiliation with The Expo Group. This year\u2019s nominees were suggested by co-workers, vendors, exhibitors, bosses and themselves.<\/p>\n
The Expo Group <\/em>a Single Source\u00ae general service contractor fulfilling the needs of show organizers, corporate event planners and exhibitors.<\/em> The Dallas-based company also has offices in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. <\/em><\/p>\n Interviews with SMOTY winners are available. For more information and\/or photos, contact Dana Freker Doody at 972-580-9000 or send an email to <\/em>ddoody@theexpogroup.com<\/font><\/a>. More info on our awards programs is at <\/em>www.theexposure.theexpogroup.com<\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cAn unprecedented idea.\u201d \u201cGrace under fire.\u201d \u201cChanged the model.\u201d \u201cIncorporates new excitement.\u201d \u201cEpitomizes service, planning and execution.\u201d Those are a few words used to describe The Expo Group Show Manager[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,40,10,41,43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}