A long-time organizer of the ConExpo and ICUEE trade shows has been announced as the trade
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With over 20 years experience in the trade show and hospitality industries, Megan Tanel is currently responsible for overseeing AEM trade shows and partnerships, both in the U.S. and globally
show Industry Icon for 2018 by the Trade Show News Network.
Megan Tanel, senior vice-president of exhibition and events for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, will receive the honor during the network’s awards gala this August in Louisville, Ky., says a posting on the awards website.
“I am beyond humbled to be receiving the TSNN Industry Icon Award,” Tanel said.
With over 20 years experience in the trade show and hospitality industries, Tanel is currently responsible for overseeing AEM trade shows and partnerships, both in the U.S. and globally.
Those shows include the triennial ConExpo-Con/Agg show in Las Vegas and the biennial International Construction and Utilities Equipment Exposition, a.k.a. The Demo Expo, in Louisville.
The award will be presented during the Aug. 10-12 weekend at a TSNN gala that also celebrates the 50 fastest growing trade shows and the Show Manager of the Year.
“She is an absolute powerhouse in our industry, not only for all of her success at AEM, but also for the many ways she continues to give back,” said Rachel Wimberly, president of Tarsus Media, parent company of TSNN.
Among her previous accolades, Tanel in 2017 won the Woman of Achievement Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, an organization she chaired in 2015.
She joined the AEM in 1995.