U.S. Visa Issues

USA Today ran a feature this week on the difficulties foreign exhibitors and buyers are having securing U.S. visas. We worked behind the scenes with the reporter Roger Yu and shared with him some preliminary data that will be included in the soon-to-be released CEIR Research on the subject. Our data reveals that $290 million has been lost just by the 41 events that participated in our research survey arising from the inability of international exhibitors and visitors to get to U.S.-based even...

Urban Myth Debunked?

For decades we have all heard it said, “How ironic that most exhibitors come to shows to gather leads but most do not do anything with them after the event.” New research conducted in June by Champion Exposition Services seems to dispel that notion: “Leads are top goals; exhibitors committed to follow-up” says the headline of one section and then cites 90% (exhibitors) use one or more lead-related metrics to measure trade show ROI; 62% follow-up within one week; and 21...

IAEE

IAEE Professional Women’s Forum - for IAEE women member representatives, the forum would include two face-to-face meetings each year and an online discussion group. The purpose of the Forum: address issues that are highly relevant to women but that are still commonly not discussed. The forum would provide a self-directed opportunity for members to define issues, bring in experts, including peers and establish a new and highly defined network. Your opinion: thumbs up; thumbs down?

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The IAEE Exhibition Walk-Through

One attendee said it would be valuable to spend a day walking someone else’s event as part of a group experience. Limited to, say 12, we would not ask anything of the host event except to provide a comp badge and space for a meeting and lunch. A morning and afternoon debriefing would be scheduled where observations, notes, and ideas are exchanged and compiled. The host show organizer receives all compiled notes. Two events a year would be offered; one large and one smaller; maybe a corp...