For Dave Labuskes, CEO of audio-visual association AVIXA, acquiring the four-year-old trade show Lightapalooza was about adjacencies and community.AVIXA acquired the fast-growing event from the trade consortium Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA) in April. Created in 2022, Lightapalooza grew from 225 attendees in its first year to more than 1,600 by 2026. But Labuskes stressed that AVIXA doesn’t buy events just for the sake of owning them and profiting. Labuskes said AVIXA is about the community of professionals and companies in audio-visual (AV) custom integration. And the AV business increasingly touches the lighting installation business.“If you want to grow a… Read More