Sibec Americas Takes Place May 7-10 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL

NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Sibec Americas, the fitness industry’s leading one-on-one event, will host its first golf tournament during the event, which takes place May 7-10, 2023 at the PGA National Resort, an exclusive hotel known for hosting the annual Honda Classic, in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Club management software company, GymRevenue, will sponsor the golf tournament, which takes place May 7 on the Fazio Course.

The tournament will precede the Sibec Americas official opening reception and will offer a unique networking opportunity for buyers and suppliers to connect before the official event begins. Participation is limited to attendees of the Sibec Americas event, and is capped to the first 80 registrants who respond to Sibec Americas’ invitation.

In August of 2022, Sibec North America, the longest running one-to-one fitness event in the western hemisphere, officially changed its name to Sibec Americas. For over 20 years, Sibec has brought together North America’s most prominent fitness club owners and operators to meet with key global suppliers offering an unparalleled networking experience, including a minimum of 15 one-to-one appointments, group meals, activities, icebreakers, and receptions. The event will now accept buyers from across the Americas including Latin America, offering suppliers opportunities to network with buyers from a larger geographic network.

“The golf tournament is just another step towards the future of where we want to take this event, and leveraging the athletic history of PGA National, with the support of our incredible sponsor GymRevenue, just makes it all the more special for our attendees,” said Rob Shannon, Event Director, Sibec. “The growth opportunity is beyond measure with Sibec Americas and we look forward to seeing the results from this event for both our suppliers and our buyers.”

For more information on Sibec Americas, visit sibecamericas.com. To reserve your place at Sibec Americas as a supplier, click here. To apply to be a fully hosted buyer, click here.

About SIBEC
Organized by Questex, Sibec events are the longest running one-to-one events for professionals in the fitness industry and reach a wide cross‐section of participants from fitness and wellness products, manufacturers and distributors to club owners, directors, and managers. With a minimum of 15 one-to- one appointments, multiple networking opportunities, and education, Sibec events, presented by Club Industry, provides the perfect meeting ground for the world’s most elite and qualified buyers of fitness equipment and supply looking to meet the top global companies.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here. 

Media Contact
Carrie Harper
Marketing Manager, Club Industry & Sibec
E: charper@questex.com

Event Takes Place in June in California

NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Questex’s Fierce Technology Group unveils the Sensors Converge 2023 speaker lineup, which offers over 80 sessions over three days. Sensors Converge takes place June 20-22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Register here.

Dr. Elena Fersman, Vice President and Head of Global AI Accelerator at Ericsson will deliver the keynote “Optimizing Performance: AI in Mission-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems.” Dr. Fersman will discuss how artificial intelligence can be used to optimize performance of cyber-physical systems while guaranteeing their mission-critical properties. She is responsible for a distributed team based in the U.S., Sweden, India and Canada. Dr. Fersman is also a docent and an adjunct professor in Cyber-Physical Systems specialized in Automation at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Dr. Christian Peters, Director Smart Sensors & Hardware Systems, Robert Bosch LLC | Bosch Center for AI and currently leading the strategic research portfolio “Smart Sensors & Hardware Systems” at Bosch Corporate Research will also deliver a keynote entitled “Sensors: Saving Lives, Enabling Sustainability.” This keynote will reflect on the importance of sensors as lifesavers and, looking forward, also projects the rising demand for sensors as a critical element to enable sustainability.

The conference program has currently programmed more than 40 prominent speakers including Aditya Dayal, VP Artificial Intelligence and Sensors at View, Inc.; Tess Skyrme, PhD, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx; Kerri Haresign, Director, Technology & Standards, Consumer Technology Association; Fan Wang, Head of Autonomous Driving, Faraday Future among many other experts in the industry. Additional speakers will be added in the coming weeks.

“We have an outstanding educational program planned with newly structured themes, formats and networking features. With more than 40 speakers currently signed on and more being added every day, our comprehensive agenda will cover topics from the entire design process, including enabling innovations and connectivity, process and control design for sustainability and growing applications of the sensors market. We are also excited to welcome Dr. Fersman and Dr. Peters to join our outstanding speaker roster and provide attendees with top level insights during their keynotes,” said Lucia Contreras, Conference Director, Sensors Converge.

Sensors Converge offers several registration options, including the All-Access Pass, which provides access to the entire event including pre-conference workshops and VIP reception, and the Expo Hall Pass, which offers access to over 275 exhibitors, keynotes and main stage sessions. For more information, visit: https://www.sensorsconverge.com/register.

For exhibit or sponsorship opportunities, click here.

Stay connected with Sensors Converge on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

About Sensors Converge
Sensors Converge (www.sensorsconverge.com), formerly known as Sensors Expo & Conference, got its start 37 years ago bringing together the design engineering community to network, share ideas, and define the future roadmap for the sensors industry. Sensors Converge is part of the Fierce Technology Group, a division of Questex, which also produces the Best of Sensors Awards, Fierce Electronics, Fierce Sensors, Fierce AutoTech, and Fierce EmbeddedTech, as well as daily content and newsletters on Fierce Electronics at www.fierceelectronics.com.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Sonal Patel
Sensors Converge
sonal@sonal.io

NEW YORK, Jan. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the hospitality industry emerges from the pandemic and continues to battle headwinds from labor shortages to supply chain issues, Questex’s Hotel Operations Group has been pivotal in providing trusted news, insight and event solutions to its 635,000 hotel professionals, arming them with information and connections to get ahead of the latest challenges. As the premier hotel operations media and event provider, the group has created a family of brands that offers a holistic approach to operating hotels efficiently and profitably.

The sleek new look spans across its media and events assets including Hotel Management, a trusted advisor of news, trends and analysis for the entire hospitality ecosystem for over 148 years, Hotec matchmaking events and The Hospitality Show, a new event in partnership with The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). The Show will be held June 27-29, 2023 at The Venetian Las Vegas and will bring the Hotel Management brand to life by connecting hoteliers with industry leaders and game changers to leverage technology and operational solutions for maximum returns.
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Amy Vaxman, Vice President, Questex Hospitality Group says, “This is a pivotal time for reinvention in the sector and is a call to action for those looking for innovative ways to drive profitably. We are proud to provide a full suite of offerings for owners, operators, investors, developers and more; and with our new brand identity inspired by ‘acceleration,’ we are confident that we will continue to help our audience navigate to growth and success.”

Applications are open for Hotec Operations, June 12-15, 2023 and Hotec Design, June 19-22, 2023 which are both being held at The JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, AZ. Registration for The Hospitality Show will open in a few weeks. Sign up for event announcements here or contact the team here to learn more about sponsorship opportunities. Subscribe to Hotel Management’s newsletters here to receive news, insights and important event announcements to your inbox.

Questex’s Hotel Operations Group is part of the Questex Hospitality Group, which produces The Annual Hotel Conference bringing together over 1,000 leading UK hoteliers, investors and suppliers each year in Manchester, The Resort & Residential Hospitality Investment Forum which attracts investors and developers from the leisure sector, its flagship event, The International Hospitality Investment Forum, which connects over 2,500 senior hospitality and tourism leaders each year in Europe, and Hospitality Insights, which delivers hospitality investment opinion and content.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Contact:
Alexandra Aldridge, Questex, 212-895-8284; aaldridge@questex.com

Winners will be Announced at the Conference in California in February

NEW YORK, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Vibe Conference, the premier on-premise beverage conference for beverage executives, today announces the 2023 Vibe Vista Award finalists. Vibe Vista Awards recognize the top performers in the beverage industry through the creation, training, execution, management, and on-going positive results of beverage programs.

Vibe Vista Awards entries were reviewed by a panel of Johnson & Wales University beverage faculty, staff and alumni and were judged on positive beverage sales initiatives, efficient operational innovations and training and service programs producing high quality standards.

The Vibe Vista Award finalists include:

Best Adult Alcohol-Free Beverage Program Delaware North Patina Restaurant Group Space 220Kincaid’sNorwegian Cruise Lines Best Beer Program Buffalo Wild WingsHooters of AmericaPenn Entertainment Best Spirits Program BJ’s Restaurant & BrewhousePatina Restaurant Group Space 220Kincaid’s Best Wine Program Delaware North Sportservice Petco ParkMorton’s The SteakhouseNorwegian Cruise Lines Best Beverage Limited Time Offer Delaware North Enterprise (Seeds for Sustainability)Mastro’sPPX HospitalityP. F. Chang’s

Best Beverage Menu
Firebirds Wood Fired GrillHEI Hotels & ResortsRoyal Caribbean International Best Overall: Hotels, Casinos & Cruise Lines Southland CasinoMarriott InternationalRoyal Caribbean International Best Overall: Multi-Unit Chain Restaurants Firebirds Wood Fired GrillBrothers Bar & GrillRegal

Laddie Weiss, Producer, Vibe Conference, said, “Congratulations to the Vibe Vista Award finalists. Finalists were judged based on positive beverage sales initiatives, efficient operational innovations and training and service programs producing high quality standards. We look forward to revealing the winners at Vibe Conference in February.”

The winners will be announced at Vibe Conference taking place February 27-March 1, 2023 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in San Diego, CA.

To learn more about the Vibe Conference, visit: https://www.vibeconference.com. To submit an Operator qualification form, click here. Stay connected with the Vibe Conference and industry news at https://www.barandrestaurant.com/chains.

To learn more about sponsor opportunities, contact Donna Bruns, donna@vibeconference.com, Charlie Forman, cforman@questex.com, or Fadi Alsayegh, falsayegh@questex.com.

About Vibe Conference
Vibe Conference is the premier event for chain and hotel adult beverage executives and suppliers. The top on-premise conference is held annually and involves high-level content, tastings and networking opportunities. The 2023 conference will be held February 27-March 1 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Michelle Osborne
Questex
mosborne@questex.com
617.219.8305

Silverlinings Follows Questex’s Established and Successful Q Way Content Model and Fills a Gap in the Market for Cloud Network Architects

NEW YORK, Jan. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The 21st Century Cloud Infrastructure Revolution is the single largest communications transformation of all time. Questex, a leading information services and event company, today announces it has entered the cloud infrastructure market, which is expected to grow to $1.55 trillion by 2030. (Grand View Research, Inc.)

The new site – Silverlinings – is led by award-winning digital entrepreneur Steve Saunders. It builds on Questex’s established and successful Q Way content model and adds editorial capabilities that will be leveraged across Questex. The site will cover the technologies and strategies that underpin successful cloud infrastructure deployment and the opportunities and risks. It will provide independent analysis, strategy and insight that will assist cloud network architects to separate reality from hype, untangle the complexities of cloud infrastructure, and highlight the cultural changes required for cloud adoption. The site will launch on January 5 at silverliningsinfo.com.

In addition, Silverlinings will offer virtual summits. Topics include: Cloud Data Center Strategies, Multicloud Interoperability, and Cloud Management and Security. 

The Silverlinings team will be part of the Questex Technology group led by Market Leader Kevin Gray. Questex has attracted top talent with critical skill sets to deliver content that reflects this dynamic new market, in engaging multimedia formats preferred by users of cloud infrastructure technology.

The Founder of silverliningsinfo.com is Saunders, a communications analyst, investor, author and digital media entrepreneur who launched Light Reading, an online media network covering telecommunications news, telecommunications research and security news. Saunders currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Laser Light Communications, which is building the world’s first all-optical carrier network in space. Saunders can be reached at ssaunders@questex.com.

Elizabeth Miller Coyne will serve as the Silverlinings Managing Editor where she will create and implement the content strategy. Miller Coyne was previous with Telephony Magazine, The Net Economy, Light Reading, America’s Network and SDxCentral. Miller Coyne can be reached at lcoyne@questex.com or follow on Twitter.

Donna Goodison will serve as the Silverlinings Senior Editor. Goodison was most recently Protocol’s senior reporter focusing on enterprise infrastructure technology, covering the ‘Big 3’ cloud computing providers to data centers, after writing about the public cloud and channel at CRN for three years. Goodison can be reached at dgoodison@questex.com or follow on Twitter.

Diana Goovaerts will serve as Senior Editor to Silverlinings. She is also a senior editor for Fierce’s Telecom Group, which includes FierceWireless, FierceTelecom and FierceVideo. Previously, she held roles as US editor for Mobile World Live, and editor of Wireless Week and CED Magazine. Goovaerts can be reached at dgoovaerts@questex.com or follow on Twitter.

“An essential element of our strategy is to focus on our core sectors and extend leadership positions through organic growth and the acquisition of new capabilities and assets. Silverlinings perfectly complements and expands our Technology group,” said Paul Miller, CEO, Questex. “Whether integrating new and old technology, providing security, improving visibility, merging public and private clouds, avoiding cloud lock-in, managing edge networks, and deploying 5G into the cloud, Silverlinings fills a gap in the market and will deliver insights on of why cloud infrastructure is not an enterprise or telecom market, but an everything market.”

Silverlinings was created through Questex’s ability to deliver audience and vertical knowledge through its proprietary platform Q Activate. The platform brings all of Questex’s first-party audience data together into one database, allowing Questex to respond quickly to trends, intent and needs to fuel audience engagement enabling its customers to connect with buyers with more accuracy and intelligence.

Visit Silverlinings on January 5 at silverliningsinfo.com and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn. Sign up for the Silverlinings newsletter here.

For Silverlinings sponsorship opportunities, contact Kevin Gray at kgray@questex.com.

About Silverlinings
Silverlinings provides analysis and strategy for the 21st Century Cloud Infrastructure Revolution – the single largest communications transformation of all time. Through independent, original reporting Silverlinings helps cloud network architects separate reality from marketing fluff and untangle the complexities of cloud infrastructure. Whether it’s integrating new and old technology, providing security, improving visibility, merging public and private clouds, avoiding cloud lock-in, managing edge networks, and deploying 5G into the cloud, we do the dirty work and sniff out the scoops to bring you the only site where cloud network architects can find a reputable daily source of news, analysis and strategy for cloud infrastructure, and have a laugh at the same time. You won’t want to look away.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Kate Spellman
Chief Marketing Officer
Questex
kspellman@questex.com
212 895 8488‬