![]() ![]() “Events at the Orange County Convention Center are implementing multiple health and safety measures to ensure attendees, exhibitors and employees are safe. The plan aligned with Emerald’s Preparedness, Prevention & Response Plan and was further tailored to adhere to Orange County’s and the Orange County Convention Center’s (OCCC) health and safety requirements. I hope other shows use Surf Expo as an example for staging a safe, in-person event.”īuilding off the momentum of health and safety protocols and guidelines that were strictly implemented at IGES in November 2020, Emerald developed a Surf Expo-specific health and safety plan that included safety precautions for exhibitors, attendees and staff. We went in with lower-than-normal expectations as far as attendance and order writing due to the pandemic, and by the end of the show we left with the opposite! Surf Expo did a very good producing an environment where everyone felt safe. Tracy Wilson, National Sales Manager for AHEAD, said “Surf Expo was a very good experience for our company. This helped drive significant improvements in overall exhibitor satisfaction, with exhibitor net promoter scores increasing by 63% compared to the 2020 event.Įxhibitors echoed the sentiment. While the show’s overall size was less than half the size of the 2020 edition due to the impact of COVID-19 and national and international travel restrictions, buyer-to-exhibitor ratios increased by 23%. I am extremely proud of our team, partners and the Orange County Convention Center, for effectively working together to achieve our common goal of ensuring the health and safety of everyone while onsite at Surf Expo,” said Lori Silva, EVP of Emerald’s Retail Group. “Trading IGES last November in Pigeon Forge, TN, provided us the framework and key learnings on how to deliver a successful, safety-first, secure and productive in-person event. ![]() View More Highlights from the January 2021 Surf Expo> Surf Expo, the largest and longest running watersports and beach lifestyle marketplace, successfully staged its winter event January 6-8, 2021 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. NEW YORK, NY (February 8, 2021) – Emerald, owner of Surf Expo, celebrated another key milestone for the organization and expositions industry as a whole. ![]()
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