Well the only issues i had were already mentioned, to long to wait for passes, as exhibitors, you already have our information, why does it take 3 of us to collect our passes individually when myself, Gary or Chris could have collected id from the other two and got all three passes at once? It used to work like that, why doesnt it now?
The queue at exhibitr registration IMHO was a huge clusterfuck. It shouldnt have taken close to 2 and a half hours for us to collect our passes. Thankfully, whilst waiting in line we got some business deals done.
The venue, overall i was pretty happy with it although the walk seemed to have doubled from our room to the convention floor this time around, think its time we went on a diet lol
As for the organization on the Mandalay Bays part for the 3 Gay Webmaster Bash meals, we couldnt be happier, despite some teething problems a few weeks prior to the events, when the day for each meal arrived, things were ready, the proper signage was where it was supposed to be and the wait staff were friendly and outgoing, so much so that we asked them all to stay behind and eat with us after the meals had ended by way of thanks.
The food itself, was phenominal, that seemed to be a big talking point after each of the three sponsor hosted meals and we even managed to get some vegetarian meals sorted out at the last minute too.
All in all our Vegas experience as an exhibitor was one we will repeat again however, without the need of going through AVN, having spoken to several people at the hotel on the topic of AVN there seemed to be a lot of agreement that the redtape needed to be gone through was a little o.t.t.
Other than that, we got some great business done, from solidifying existing business relations, forging new ones and even signing contracts on the show floor itself.
This is also the first Vegas show where we have returned home actually feeling satisfied at the overall show from a business standpoint as well as a personal one, we met so many new people who were actively looking for business contacts in our field that we're going to be busy for months sorting through all the business cards and getting details sorted for some lucrative new ventures.
For those we had the opportunity of meeting at the show, thank you all, you made this show worthwhile for us on so many levels and an especially big thanks to every one of the attendees to the 3 meals and 3 after hour events that formed the
http://www.gaywebmasterbash.com without your continual support they wouldnt have been as huge a success as they have been for our event sponsors, attendees and, for us.