Kellogg Marine
Dear Michael,
I wanted to take a moment and express my deepest gratitude and sincere thanks to
XPOexpress for a unbelievable outstanding job in bringing automatic ordering to
our show. Your whole staff was a tremendous reflection on the company and they
did your organization proud.
Steve and his staff, especially Dan who worked closely with me, are the best IT
staff I've ever seen.
Hope your organization has a wonderful holiday season and we look forward to
working with you in the future.
My sincere thanks,
Debbie Baker
Robert E. Staehle
Event Operations & Planning Manager
Brunswick Boat Group P & A
dbaker@kelloggmarine.com
Rhode Island Special Olympics
“All I can say about XPOexpress is that it could not have been any easier. It
was basically fool-proof and very, very easy to use. XPOexpress made our
registration run quickly and very smooth. It was nothing but a huge convenience
to have this system.”
Tracy J. Garabedian
Director of Event Management
Special Olympics Rhode Island
Massachusetts Special Olympics
“The registration process for Dream Ride was not only user-friendly and
very easy to learn, it also gave the event an incredibly professional appearance
from the very beginning of the process that continued throughout the entire
day!”
Heather Leigh White
Special Olympics Massachusetts
West Section Director
Demers Exposition Services
Dear Ken:
First let me congratulate and thank you on the outstanding job you did at the
Brunswick Marine Tradeshow. XPOexpress worked flawlessly and all the vendors
were happy with the results.
As you know, I have been setting up tradeshows for 21 years. My company sets up
400 shows a year and I personally see about 100 of them. With that being said I
have had the opportunity to see many different ordering systems. From sytems
that were created by in-house IT depart- ments to companies that only do
ordering systems. From what I have seen XPOexpress is by far more innovative and
user friendly than the competition. I can only judge this by the reaction of the
vendors who use it. I have never seen one of the vendors that use your system go
away with a complaint. Also the level of competent staff you have at the show to
help and service the vendors just compliments the ordering system.
I would recommend this system to anyone who uses an electronic ordering system,
as I did with Brunswick. By far the best system I have seen and the best support
staff to accompany the sys- tem. If anyone is contemplating using XPOexpress,
please have them call me as a reference anytime.
Sincerely,
Scott Ling
President/Owner
Demers Exposition Services, Inc.
Connecticut Special Olympics
“XPOexpress was user friendly and very easy to use even for those who had never
worked with it before.”
Lisa M. Carlone
Special Olympics Connecticut
Director of Special Events/Torch Run Liaison
Taken from May 4, 2009 edition of Supermarket News
Jim Mirabito, owner, Village Market IGA, Hannibal, N.Y., regards the online
registration and ordering system “A tremendous improvement” over the way he used
to do business at the food shows. “Online order- ing allows you to organize your
thoughts ahead of time,” he said. Then at the show, “you have time to talk to
vendors and see new items and new concepts that can advance your business.”
By printing out his orders at the end of the trade show’s first day, Mirabito of
Village Market IGA can “look for my mistakes and for opportunities I missed,” he
said. He can also sort the printout “20 different ways” to better organize it
for his store employees. “That way they’re not thumbing through the same pages
looking for their department,” he added. “That’s really cool, a huge time
saver.”
Bozzuto's Inc.
“Bozzuto’s trade shows are more than just a selling show. They’re
complex events with three different groups in attendance. We typically have
educational sessions, multiple meal events each day, and entertainment in
addition to a full tradeshow in which product is not only sold, it is also
prepared and sampled throughout the day.
We utilize XPOexpress for booth registration for our suppliers. XPOexpress
allows us to gather the necessary information to set up the booths, billing and
determine who will require additional services at the show. All of this
information is gathered up-front during the registration process to ensure that
our tradeshow floor flows smoothly and all necessary venue requirements are met.
An additional feature that we have heavily relied upon is email communication.
Through XPOexpress we are able to set up email reminders and updates on a
scheduled basis.
Once we have completed our booth registration, we make modifications to our
registration website and topen the site up for general registration for all
attendees. XPOexpress allows us to include all of our meal events, educational
sessions and entertainment options in the general registration process. This has
been a valuable feature in helping us to better plan for space, meals, and
overall expenses. Through XPOexpress, we utilize RFID tracking. RFID tracks were
each attendee travels during the show. This information allows us to reconcile
counts for meals and educational sessions. It also allows us to communicate with
attendees who may have missed a session and provide them with important
information and updates, post-show.
Our shows would not be as successful if we didn’t have the ease of ordering that
XPOexpress provides. From pre-show online ordering to the actual tradeshow, we
have had nothing but positive comments from both our retailers and suppliers on
how quickly the transactions go and how the ease has increased sales. Knowing
that the system is easy to operate and has on-site safeguards allows us to enjoy
the show and spend valuable with our customers.
Lastly, having all of your event data in one system, that can be queried in
multiple ways, not only saves time on your post-show analysis, it allows you to
better plan for future events. We highly recommend XPOexpress. You’ll love the
flexibility the program has and you’ll love the additional time you save on
planning and executing your events.”
Director of Advertising & Communications
Trade Show Chairperson
Bozzuto’s Inc.
