Sales Manager - Mitch has been active in the exhibit industry since 1979. He began his career as a Corporate Meeting Planner for Jordache Enterprises, one of the largest apparel manufacturers in the world at the time, responsible for trade show participation, booth design, corporate travel, corporate sales meetings, and advance logistics for all commercial and photo ad shoots. Other early trade show experience came from his own family business, Isaacs Exposition in resort areas. Mitch has also worked in independent film, reality TV and production for a few years before returning to the trade show industry with Las Vegas Expo.
Cleaning: the forgotten budget line item.
How is it, that after all the attention to details of every facet of an event are meticulously planned, that all too often Cleaning is glossed over or entirely forgotten as a budget line item? You wouldn’t think of wearing dirty shoes with a Tuxedo or Evening Gown so why would you not invest time and resources into keeping the show floor and Registration areas spotless.
Are you looking for 1 simple rule to determine...
If you were to ask any exhibitor or show manager for a list of 5 items that are major concerns about exhibiting at a show, there is 1 topic that always makes the list……DRAYAGE. Can you feel the shudder? Why is it that one of the most vital logistical components of the exhibitor experience is so misunderstood? What is it about drayage and its costs that casts it as such a mystery? And...
What is Prevailing Rate? How this affects your supplier contracts.
It seems like a simple question. Yet, sometimes it can feel like you are buying a car. Prevailing rate, market pricing, industry average and lots of back and forth with your contractor …does it make you think you’re getting jammed up with higher than market prices?
It’s simple….the rates should be based on the union wages and the cost of living in each city. When you are coming...