Overheard on the Showfloor
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 2/5/2007
"I didn't say no."
—Tom Tuskey, Cobo Hall general manager, when an exhibitor asked for an ice skating rink to be part of its booth at the North American Intl. Auto Show (Detroit, Jan. 12)
"I was feeling really Family Feud-ish when I created this list."
—Frank Skinner, Healthcare Convention & Exhibitions Assn. market research analyst, on a list of cities that were the sites of the most health care shows over the last 10 years, at the HCEA Marketing Summit (Baltimore, Jan. 18)
"It all depends on what you give away."
—Kimberly Schrader, assistant vice president of exhibits, American College of Chest Physicians, on increasing traffic to exhibit booths, during the HCEA summit
"There hasn't been a riot in Detroit since 1967, but that's not what people think."
—Carla Conner-Penzabene, Visit Detroit director of convention sales, during the Detroit auto show
"I'm not sure what that means either, but it gives me angst."
—Eric Allen, HCEA executive vice president, after learning that psychology and mental health shows have the greatest attendee-to-exhibitor ratios of all health care shows, during the HCEA summit
"Let's face it: There are a lot of us turning grey."
—James Hladnik, Abbott event marketing manager, on the popularity of geriatric medicine shows, during the HCEA summit
"What happens in Vegas apparently comes back and stays in Vegas."
—Allen, on the growing popularity of Las Vegas as a health care show destination, during the HCEA summit
"Most people don't think about it until after they've had an accident."
—Peter Vitello of SIA SnowSports Trade Show exhibitor Sixsixone, a manufacturer of protective head and body gear, on breaking into the ski and snowboard market (Las Vegas, Jan. 22ndash-25)
"I got sick of walking into hotels with my snowboard gear on and having people look at me like I was a criminal."
Petey Marichalar, snowboarder and bartender at the Block's SIA exhibit, on why he joined the hotel that is owned and operated by fellow boarders
