How will the Tradeshow Business perform in2009?

What will be the result of the crisis for the tradeshows in 2009?
Marketing and tradeshow participation budgets are by our experience procyclical. Is that different this time?
What will be the reaction of visitors? Will they also try to save costs? Or is a crisis just the situation, which motivates designers, product development managers and buyers to search more rigorously for new sources, new ideas and new products?
What is the view of organizers? How do standconstruction companies, and other service providers see the year 2009?

Online Tradeshow Research

In collaboration with the tradeshow community www.expo-port.com we conduct an online poll to assess the expectations towards tradeshow activities in 2009. More than 9.000 exhibitors and visitors have been personally invited to give their views, and additionally we have asked more than 4.000 service companies and tradeshow managers to join the effort.

We invite also you to join the poll!
It will need 5 - 10 minutes.
Deadline is February 8th, 2009.
All participants will have acces to the results of the survey after we have finished the analysis.
Choose on the left menue bar the questionaire, which is appropriate for you. If you are at some shows exhibitor and at others visitor, you may complete both forms.

> go to questionaires
* questions with an asterisk need to be answered to progress