NEXPO Numbers
ATTENDANCE: 12,269 (preliminary); last year's show in New Orleans drew 9,819.
SQUARE FOOTAGE: 209,700 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, up considerably from the 192,750 reported last year.
EXHIBITORS: 382, a big jump from last year's 334.
ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRS: 1998, Stan Pantel, vice president of operations, Atlanta Journal and Constitution; 1999, Martha A. Reichold, production director, The Huntsville (Ala.) Times.
NEXT YEAR: Monday-Thursday, June 14-17, Las Vegas Convention Center. Contact John Woodstock. E-mail, woodj@naa.org; phone, (703) 902-1847; fax, (703) 902-1843. Keep track of NEXPO'99 all year at www.nexpo.com.