P. Heney

NEWTON, MASS– May 5, 2008 – Questex Media Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that Paul J. Heney joins the company as Editorial Director of the HotelWorld Network effective today.  In this role, Heney will be responsible for providing content to the HotelWorld Network suite of properties including Hotel & Motel Management, Hotel Design, Luxury Hotelier and The Hotel Times.

“As the HotelWorld Network continues to expand and explore the many possibilities in the hospitality field, we feel that Paul will be a true visionary to lead us in fulfilling the needs of the hospitality audience,” said Matt Waddell, HotelWorld Network publisher. “Paul will be instrumental in bringing relevant content to the hospitality audience across a myriad of media platforms which he has proven to be extremely successful at in previous endeavors. In the last 18 months, we have launched two new publications as well as incorporated four exciting live events into the fold of the HotelWorld Network. We believe that Paul will be a huge asset in helping to grow these properties as well as discover new ideas on how to best serve the market.”

Prior to joining Questex, Heney was the Senior Editor for Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazine and had been with Penton Media, Inc. since 1995. He helped launch H&P’s website in 1997 and was instrumental in bringing the publication’s content online, including social networking sites and blogs. Heney also shepherded the publication’s industry-specific user forums, now regarded as one of the most active in the engineering specialties. He was also responsible for the magazine’s annual buyer’s guide and has spoken at and moderated numerous industry events.

Heney is also well known in the b2b publishing world, with leadership roles in multiple associations including the national board of the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) for the past decade. In 2004, Heney also launched the Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI), an international b2b think tank that works to bring national b2b associations together.

A lifelong writer, Heney graduated from Georgia Tech in 1993 with a BS in Engineering Science & Mechanics and a minor in Technical Communications. He lives in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, with his wife and their two sons.

Heney is located in Questex’s Cleveland, Ohio office at 600 Superior Ave. East, Suite 1100, Cleveland Ohio 44114. He can be reached at pheney@questex.com or 216-706-3728.

About Questex Media Group, Inc.
Questex Media Group, Inc. is a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media and information provider that serves multiple industries including technology, telecommunications, beauty, spa, travel, hospitality, leisure, abilities, home entertainment, landscape design, building services and natural resources through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media, research, information and integrated marketing services. The company's media properties include over 100 print and digital media publications, 45 conferences, tradeshows and events, and a range of research, data and information products. The company’s operations include more than 500 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.

About HotelWorld Network
The HotelWorld Network encompasses a series of publications and live events that serve the hospitality industry with the flagship publication Hotel & Motel Management magazine, which has been delivers news, analysis and operational strategies; Hotel Design magazine, which celebrates the design excellence of hotels, resorts, lodges and destinations; Luxury Hotelier, the exclusive entry into the elite luxury market of four-and five- star hotel owners and operators and The Hotel Times, a new financially driven publication geared towards top corporate titles in the global investment community. In addition, the HotelWorld Network presents live events such as the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF), which is the leading meeting place in for the European hotel investment community; HOTEC Design and HOTEC Operations, intimate meeting forums of pre-scheduled appointments between those who service the hospitality industry; HotelWorld Expo & Conference, as part of International Hospitality Week, which offers an international experience for hotel industry professionals and the industry’s suppliers and manufacturers located throughout the world and the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference, the leading annual event for the region’s hotel investment community.

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