Just my two cents...
I am sure that there are alot of things that happened at Internext that, in my opinion, should not have happened. This is life though...any event always has a few "bad seeds" pop up. I do however, believe that there were a lot of things blown out of proportion. For instance, I have heard from numerous people that the live sex show at the Topbucks party was out of control and that the content was not tested and that they were not even wearing condoms. Now as far as out of control and not being tested I was not there nor was I in charge of that event therefore I do not know but...I can say that from every pic from this party I have seen the guy is wearing a condom.
With that said, I go to shows to meet up with old clients and meet new clients. I hit the showroom floor and attend all of the small meet and greets available. I will generally attend the bigger parties for about an hour and then I am done. What works for me might not work for you
The bottomline is that any event of any size is going to have control issues...the objective is to minimize them. I am not sure what needs to be done to minimize the "bad seeds" in this case but I have a thought. We have basically moved from a who can do the bigger booth to who can throw a bigger party type of show. What if the sponsors started throwing smaller functions and concentrated more on bringing in new business and taking care of the business they already have?
Just a thought...
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