'Business as usual' for Interface Group professionals.NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 1995--Just one day after The Interface Group announced the sale of its Trade Show Division to Japanese-based SOFTBANK Corp. for $800-plus million, it was "business as usual" for the 217 employees involved. The Trade Show Division will be re-named SB COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). when the transaction is finalized in mid-April. "SOFTBANK has purchased an on-going business, whose trade show professionals have cultivated for years an exceptional set of computer industry relationships," said Jason Chudnofsky, president of the Trade Show Division, who will continue in that post with SB COMDEX. "All of The Interface Group's trade show employees are hard at work on our spring and summer schedule of marketing events for the computer industry. Our jobs, and our responsibilities to our exhibitors and attendees, have not changed. Our charter is to continue to deliver strong business-to-business marketing events for computer and communications professionals and to continue to explore new opportunities in furtherance of that charter," Chudnofsky said. Among the upcoming business-to-business events cited by Chudnofsky are: o COMDEX/ComExpo-Mexico, March 7-10, 1995, Sports Palace, Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi . Owned in partnership with Reed Exhibition Co. and Reed's Mexican subsidiary, this conference and exposition is entering its second year in one of the fastest-growing computer markets in the world. o UniForum, March 14-16, 1995, Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. Convention Center. Managed by The Interface Group for the UniForum association of open systems computing professionals. o NEW MEDIA EXPO, March 14-16, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif. Convention Center. Owned and operated by The Interface Group for creators, producers and carriers of interactive (digital) media and multimedia. o COMDEX/Sucesu-Rio, April 4-7, 1995, Rio Centro, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r , Brazil. Owned and operated by Guazelli Associates of Sao Paulo under license and other contractual agreements with The Interface Group. o COMDEX/Spring and WINDOWS WORLD An earlier computer exposition sponsored by COMDEX. Its first show was in 1991, and it was often held in conjunction with another computer show. See COMDEX. , April 24-27, 1995, Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. , Atlanta. Larger than last year, this combined event is expected to attract more than 1,000 exhibiting companies and 100,000 attendees. WINDOWS WORLD events in Atlanta and elsewhere are produced in cooperation with Microsoft Corp. o COMDEX/Canada, July 12-14, 1995, Metro Toronto Convention Centre Metro Toronto Convention Centre, located in Downtown Toronto, Ontario at 255 Front Street West, has 600,000 square feet of space. The convention centre was completed in October 1984 and is home to the 1330 seat John Bassett Theatre, currently used for Canadian Idol. and adjoining SkyDome. This conference and exposition, including WINDOWS WORLD at COMDEX/Canada, is poised to exceed last year's attendance of 45,000 computer professionals. o ENTERPRISE COMPUTING Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. SOLUTIONS and WINDOWS WORLD/Chicago, July 26-28, 1995, McCormick Place, Chicago. These two related events enter their second year in the corporate capital of the American heartland, for 150 exhibitors and 20,000 corporate computing professionals. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Interface Group executives are available this week for phone interviews. Contact the company's PR Department at 617/449-6600, ext. 4389. CONTACT: The Interface Group Sue Lonergan, Peter Young, 617/449-6600 |
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