Don't forget that the convention centers charge the vendors for their carpet, carpet pad, garbage cans, chairs, tables, electric outlets, phone lines & charge machines, table draping & anything else the vendor would need for the booth!
> > A major gripe I hear from exhibitors is how expensive it is to rent a booth > at a tradeshow. Now, I have looked at the exhibitor information for some of > the tradeshows, and I realize that much of the expense actually comes from > shipping in product and staff for the show-- and I may have some thoughts > about that too but mostly it occurred to me; I used to do craft shows. > > Here in CA, the "expensive" 2-day craft shows ran about $400 for a 10 foot by > 10 foot booth for the whole show. Many of these shows are held in convention > centers-- taking up as much square footage as many tradeshows I've been to. > > How can a craft show turn a profit at $400 a booth but a tradeshow costs > $1000 for the same space? > > Granted, I've never been to a craft show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. > > If tradeshows are going to survive, maybe it's time to re-evaluate the > formula they're operating on. How do we put together a tradeshow focus group > so we can communicate with our tradeshow organizers and exhibitors and make > tradeshows successful for both exhibitors and attendees? > > Or does our industry even care? > > > Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA > "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > Maggie's Website > Maggie's Personal Blog > Maggie Rants [and rav...@nails Magazine > Myspace > Facebook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
