How to Attract Visitors to Your Trade Show Booth: 21 Ideas
Discover 21 practical ways to attract more visitors to your trade show booth, from pre-show promotion and booth design to demos, giveaways, technology, and follow-up.
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18 Event Floor Plan & Event Tech Platforms Compared (2026)
Compare 18 event floor plan software platforms for trade shows and events, including interactive maps, booth sales, attendee wayfinding, pricing, and setup options.
Connecting Registration and Floor Plan: The Integration Guide for Event Organizers
Connect your event registration platform with an interactive floor plan to keep exhibitor, booth, attendee, and session data in sync. Learn the main integration methods, setup steps, and best practices for a smoother event experience.
The Event Management Software Stack: What You Actually Need
A practical guide to building the right event management software stack for trade shows and conferences, covering registration, exhibitor management, interactive floor plans, event apps, onsite operations, and analytics.
How to Monetize Your Event Floor Plan: 6 Revenue Streams
An interactive event floor plan can do more than help attendees navigate an event. When used as part of the event’s sales and sponsorship strategy, it can also create additional revenue opportunities for organizers.
The most direct way to monetize an event floor plan is to sell booth space
Trade Show Industry Statistics 2026: The Numbers Behind Exhibitions
Explore the key trade show industry statistics for 2026, including market growth, exhibitor spending, attendee behavior, economic impact, and technology trends.
The 15 Largest Exhibition Venues in Europe
Discover the 15 largest exhibition venues in Europe, ranked by indoor exhibition space, and learn how venue size affects floor plans, wayfinding, and event planning.
Trade Show Kiosks & Digital Signage: Buyer’s Guide
Trade show kiosks are free-standing screens placed throughout an event venue to help attendees search for exhibitors, find booths, and navigate the show floor. Digital signage can also be used to display event information, directions, schedules, promotions, and other content across the venue.
When planning kiosks and digital signage
How to Attract More Exhibitors to Your Trade Show
If you want to know how to attract exhibitors, start by making it easy for them to understand the value of your event and book their space. A live floor plan, clear pricing, self-service booking, and an easy rebooking process can help exhibitors make decisions faster.
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QR Code Wayfinding at Events: Setup Guide + Examples
QR code wayfinding is a navigation method where printed codes placed at fixed points around a venue open your interactive floor plan already centred on that exact location. The attendee scans, the map loads with a “you are here” marker, and they get directions from where they’re actually standing
Indoor Navigation for Events: GPS, BLE, QR Compared
Indoor navigation for events helps attendees find booths, sessions, entrances, and other locations when GPS is not reliable inside a convention center. Common options include QR-code wayfinding, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons, and Wi-Fi or UWB positioning, each offering a different level of accuracy, setup, and infrastructure.
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Fire Safety and Layout Regulations for Exhibition Floor Plans (US + EU)
Exhibition floor plan regulations help ensure that attendees can move safely through the venue and reach an exit quickly in an emergency. The main requirements usually cover aisle widths, dead-end aisles, exit signage and clear sightlines, and booth height restrictions near sprinklers or exits.
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Event Sponsorship Packages: Ideas, Tiers and Pricing Examples
Event sponsorship packages combine branding, activation opportunities, and audience exposure into packages that organizers can sell alongside exhibit space. Most events offer three to five sponsorship tiers — such as Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Title/Presenting/Supporting — with benefits increasing at each level. These can include logo placement, speaking opportunities,
Booth Numbering Systems: How to Number a Trade Show Floor
A booth numbering system is the method event organizers use to label exhibit spaces on a trade show floor plan, making it easy for exhibitors, attendees, and event staff to find specific booths. Common approaches include sequential numbering (100, 101, 102), grid numbering (C14), hall-and-zone numbering (Hall A-