As inflation soars across the world, making staples such as food, energy, clothing and household items more expensive, U.S. trade show organizers are also facing their fair share of price challenges. Costs for event aspects such as transportation, hotels, venues, food and beverage, speakers and labor, to name a few, are rising nationwide and globally. […]
Facing Goliath: The Exhibitor Advocate stands up for tradeshow exhibitors—and they have more than slings and stones in their arsenal Jessica Sibila might have a better shot at tackling an NFL fullback or gaining control of a runaway train than reining in skyrocketing drayage rates, a decades-old thorn in the side of tradeshow exhibitors that […]
Officials with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) presented an update on September 13, on plans for the $600 million third phase of renovation at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The project was previously approved in August for $740 million, but the management team was able find opportunities and alternative solutions to reduce […]
How to Create Your Custom Trade Show Displays In a sea of businesses, custom trade show displays can help yours stand out. Trade shows are a great way to gain awareness and meet prospective buyers. In order to catch people’s attention, you need a trade show booth design that exhibits company branding. This will enable you to […]
After nearly two years of COVID-19, and with the Omicron variant still spreading, there is a clear shared desire to move on. While there is currently no “going back” to the way things were in 2019 and before, as our habits, technologies and approaches have evolved across the industry, there is still an optimism that […]
As we enter year three of a global pandemic that upends plans from one minute to the next, marketing events remain a highly challenging endeavor. We thought vaccines would bring us back to normal by 2022, but once again, we find ourselves resetting our expectations about event outcomes at this moment. Maybe we won’t see […]
An event organizer’s priority is everyone’s health and safety. The Delta and Omicron variants certainly raised concerns as they seemed to pop up overnight. The good news is that events, even large-scale trade shows, have been staging for well over a year now—successfully and safely. Our good friends at Freeman and Epistemix commissioned a study last year […]
In a sea of businesses, custom trade show displays can help yours stand out. Trade shows are a great way to gain awareness and meet prospective buyers. In order to catch people’s attention, you need a trade show booth design that exhibits company branding. This will enable you to get noticed even when everyone is there hoping […]
Remember the good old days when millions of Americans got on planes and went to trade shows in every corner of the country? It was one of the most effective ways for people to connect and get deals done. It was also an amazing tool for companies to build and promote themselves by giving away […]
In-person trade shows are continuing to make a comeback, filling a face-to-face business and knowledge gap for the industries they serve that digital-only events just can’t duplicate. Here are two major events that pulled off safe and successful iterations recently. GSX Presented by ASIS International, the world’s largest association for security management professionals, Global Security […]