Anyone planning on attending the big "web host expo" event this August?

I was a little disappointed to find they charge "admission" to such an event (whopping $399!) since the money to be made for them "should be" from the exhibitors.

An nice example of how to run a show like this would be the "strictly ebusiness expo" in Minneapolis in May. A huge event with 500-750 exhibitors each year......and NOT ONE DAMN CENT charged to the visitors. (of course....a 10x10 space with no table, no carpet and no electricity is $2500,....I checked. YIKES!)

At any rate, just thought I'd spout off a little to see what you all thought.

I am heading down there. Expect it to be alot of fun. My freind iz (the owner of webhosting magazine) is the one putting on the show.

Kenneth,

Can you post information about where and when the Web Host Expo is going to be?

balitomore I think.

Originally posted by jayglate
balitomore I think.

Umm...is your name kenneth :D?

Actually, if I had done two seconds of research I would have found it:

http://www.whexpo.com/

Its in DC.

It can be if you want it to be baby..:D

It's only $50 for three days just to see the exhibit floor though.



Web Hosting Expo conference package includes full access to all keynote and conference sessions, exhibit floor and opening and closing receptions.

Register Early and Save $399 through May 15 only!
$499 through 8/10/01
$699 thereafter and on-site

Exhibit floor pass only $50 for all three days
Note: Free exhibit passes will not be distributed on location

What do you do there just walk around and here all the companies advertise?

Originally posted by WaffenSS
What do you do there just walk around and here all the companies advertise?
That's pretty much how a trade show floor works. :)

Sorry guys....been out at our ummm....weekly meeting. (cocktails anyone!:D )

We're thinking about going....just to get away on business and meet a few people in the industry (and did I mention Cocktails?). You can expect there to be nothing but selling to the Web Host market....since that's the whole point.


Jayglate: Big Kudos to your bud for the great magazine!

I will be attending too.

Altough I don't like that fact that I have to fly 8 hours for it :(

Well, I don't know about all of you, but I sure could think of a lot better places to go and be able to write it off as a business trip, and spend the extra money on renting a boat to boot!

Tim,

I simply add a few free days to it, so I can do some "sight-seeing" also.

Arnoud

Originally posted by Tim_Greer
Well, I don't know about all of you, but I sure could think of a lot better places to go and be able to write it off as a business trip, and spend the extra money on renting a boat to boot!

We're only about 1/2 hour out of DC, so we'll probably make it in for at least the Expo, I don't know about the whole conference.

Originally posted by Boksoft
Tim,

I simply add a few free days to it, so I can do some "sight-seeing" also.

Arnoud

Yeah but the Bahamas are the other direction... :-)

Originally posted by Tim_Greer


Yeah but the Bahamas are the other direction... :-)

My wife and I went down the Bahamas in January, and weren't really that impressed...

Now, the Florida Keys, that's a different story :D.

Everyone whos going fromt wht needs to get together and go bar hopping :)

Bar hopping sounds good to me :).

Oh God.... bar hoping internet junkies, now that ought to be a sight to see.....

Anyone know if whmag is going to be throwing a party after the expo???

Oh Great.:( I mention "cocktails" once and now DC's gonna be in trouble. I can see the headlines now:

"Last night, opening day at a conference for Web Hosting Companies, thirteen people were injured after a fight broke out between two groups of competing companies in the industry.

Witnesses say that the fighting started after someone allegedly shouted their company "was the best...so everyone else should be put to rest". Alcohol was involved.":stickout

Originally posted by JTY
Oh God.... bar hoping internet junkies, now that ought to be a sight to see.....

Hehe, absolutely :)

I was planning to attend the expo, but unfortunatly the event date conflicts with some classes at GA Tech. I would like to start attending more conventions to get a chance to "network" (in the traditional sense) with others in the industry. However, if I did go I would have to miss out on your bar hopping trip.

I am still waiting to get an official confirmation from Microsoft, but Atlanta Web Host will most likely have a booth at the MS Big Day conference in Atlanta on June 5, 2001. If anyone has a chance to go to a MS Big Day event, I would recommend it. They are great places to be indocternated by Microsoft ad propaganda (learn how Windows and Microsoft Office can save the world)and get free food and drinks.

Best regards,
Frank Rietta

I'll be going to the expo in August. Should be fun. Count me in on the bar-hopping, too, should that end up getting organized. Just, let's try to do the bar-hopping on the last night, not the first. I'm paying a lot of money to go to this thing, the last thing I need is a hang-over during the expo :stickout

haha very right

Originally posted by Jason Ellis
...the last thing I need is a hang-over during the expo :stickout

I don't know, I find that talking to Vendors while hungover usually works a lot better for me :).