NEW YORK - Over 300 million professionals would traverse the globe to participate in trade shows and conferences in 2018. However, attending an event is an expensive proposition and comes with a growing sense of caution. To address these challenges 10Times, a TripAdvisor for the B2B event industry, launches crowdsourced ratings and reviews.
According to UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, event visitor satisfaction level is at 3.8 out of 5, while exhibitors have a Net Promoter Score of -17. These are red flags for an industry which is expecting increasing participation by millennials: 4 out of 10 event attendees are expected to be first-time visitors, according to ExhibitorOnline.
With ample access to data and information, eventgoers carefully want to choose which events to participate in. They educate themselves by researching online via unbiased sources and seek personal recommendations from past attendees. To enable informed decision-making, 10Times allows visitors & exhibitors to see how an event is rated by previous users and read their testimonials. They can even get their questions answered by attendees who have visited previous editions or attending similar events.
10Times currently hosts records of 300000+ business events. Most recurring trade shows & conferences have been rated by users over last 3 years, making it a rich and unique data source for analyzing event trends. The platform further supplements these reviews with attendee geographical spread and designation, event highlights and other important facts and figures. Having all this data available at one place allows businesses to confidently decide which event to attend or skip.
Users can see the top events in over 100 industries on 10Times, segmented by time or geography. Top-rated event suggestion for 2018:
- Magic Las Vegas, USA(4.3)
- Philconstruct, USA(4.3)
- Medica, Germany(4.4)
- Gulfood, Dubai(4.3)
- Canton Fair, China(4.2)
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