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Sly · 03-25-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MandyBlake

Ok I wrote to them asking what all it included and here was the response I got:

Yes the cost to attend has gone up for this year. We have changed the
format of the show so everyone must have a badge in order to enter the
hotel. Last year you only needed a badge to enter the exhibit hall and
conferences but not the hotel itself. The badge includes access into the
hotel, exhibits and conferences.

so crazy.

I bet I know why they're doing that.

I've been to Internext twice. Over those two times, I've probably spent at the most, 5 hours on the floor. I could easily not buy a pass and it wouldn't have any impact on my trip/business productivity. I personally haven't done this, but I'm sure there are many people that skip buying a pass and hang out in the lounge to meet and greet. AVN doesn't like that because they're missing out on the badge income. So what do they do? Make the "meet and greet" impossible.

Instead of pissing everyone off, maybe they should try to embrace their "consumers" for once and develop a better product and make even more money. They're playing the monopoly card and it's working for now... but some of these other shows are getting pretty big... who knows how long they can continue to bank on that card.