Posted by

Barry Siskind

Community Manager

There is an old expression when the discussion of budgets comes up: penny wise and pound foolish.

As the exhibition industry finds its legs and the recession slowly lifts, the issue of costs have never been as great.

On April 29th  UFI’s Focus meeting called “Cost Efficient Operations: How to focus on what really counts, is timely. http://www.ufi.org/pages/ufievents/focusmeetings.aspx

Experts and UFI members will gather in Paris to examine which services are essential and which are optional. However, it’s a dialogue that doesn’t have to wait until the end of April to begin.

Business has changed, exhibitor’s needs are different and the visitors are becoming more selective about the trade fairs they attend. What are the criteria you are using when you examine each line of your operating budget?