Following more than 6,000 appointments, 190 education sessions and a host of networking events across London, The Meetings Show has been hailed a success by both exhibitors and buyers.
The Meetings Show’s event director Steve Knight commented: "Both our exhibitors and hosted buyers have been extremely happy with this year’s event. Every exhibitor had appointments and many took enquiries and received RFPs on site. In particular exhibitors commented on the fact that the buyers were not just high quality but also new buyers they had not previously been in contact with."
Juliet Howie from NH Hotels said: "It’s been very successful. We’ve had over a million Euros worth of enquiries so we are very pleased. We’ve had a lot of hosted buyers visit the stand. The quality of buyers has been very, very high so that has been good for us."
Knight continued: "Our unaudited figures suggest the show received approximately 3,600 attendees, whilst not quite the figure we originally hoped for, in the eyes of our exhibitors it was made up for by the volume of appointments and the fact that so many hosted buyers extended their time at The Meetings Show to two days. Our commitment to the delivery of a high quality show has never wavered, demonstrated by the fact that our investment in the hosted buyer programme was not cut despite changing numbers. We are committed to this show for the long run, we will continue to grow numbers and deliver an even bigger event. We have already had exhibitors confirm their intention to return in 2014 with several organisations significantly increasing their stand to accommodate more partners."
