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planning for your trade show event (6)

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The Post-COVID Event Model: Rethinking ways to promote virtual and in-person events

Unless you’ve spent the last eight or nine months under a rock, you probably know that the trade show industry has had its worst year on record. I’m...

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Up is Only Option for Hospitality Industry Trends

By any measure, March was devastating for the hospitality industry. San Francisco Travel Association reported at its Annual Visitor & Lodging...

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NRA Restaurant Show

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THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW RE-SIGNS MAJORITY OF 2020 EXHIBITORS FOR 2021

In light of damage the pandemic has inflicted upon the food-service industry, the National Restaurant Association Show is working to help the...

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NRA Rental booth

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10 Tips for Better Attendee Engagement at Events

Creating engagement with attendees has become the driving force of modern meetings and events. After all, if the people at your event aren’t immersed...

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Event Follow-up Makes (Dollars and) Sense

Why do you spend time, money, energy, resources on events? Going into your events, do you know what results you are pursuing? Common goals include...

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20x30 island booth

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9 Tips for Creating an Effective Trade Show Presence

Paying for a booth space at your next associations trade show event is easy. You look at the map and you figure out how much of your marketing budget...

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Where are the top trade show events held?

The top trade show events across the US are numerous. We participating in most of them with our custom exhibit rentals for various clients - but not...

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Medical Trade Show Booth - HIMSS

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Questions to ask when stretching your trade show budget

Should we BUY our trade show display? How much can we afford to spend on it? Should we rent a booth to save money? How will we know if we are...

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6 Reasons You’re Not Successful at Trade Shows

It’s a hard truth: most exhibitors aren’t as successful as they could be. Do they realize they’re setting themselves up to fail? Probably not. The...

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8 Hot Event-Planning Buzzwords of 2017

Each year brings a new collection of buzzwords. These words usually indicate bigger trends and are often interrelated. Predictably, big trends impact...

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