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Reach and Market to Your Target Audience! 

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) represents over 4,000 corporate and government travel managers and travel service providers, who collectively manage and direct more than $200 billion of expenditures within the business travel industry.  For over 40 years, NBTA has dedicated itself to the professional development of its members through advocacy, education and training, and networking opportunities.  NBTA also provides the business travel industry with vital government and media representation, and sponsors the NBTA International Convention & Exposition each summer.

Reach Your Sales Goals
Why You Should Exhibit at the NBTA Exposition:
• Reach over 1,400 business travel buyers – the largest gathering of business travel buyers in the world
• Influence corporate travel buyers – 98% of travel buyer attendees say the NBTA Exposition influences  which specific suppliers they chose
• Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your marketing efforts – 74% of travel buyer attendees find between one and eight new suppliers at the NBTA Exposition
• Prospect for new customers – 66% of the NBTA Exposition exhibitors generated between 20 and 120+ new leads
• Reach the world’s largest gathering of Fortune 100 business travel buyers
• Introduce your new products & services – 80% of travel buyer attendees cite seeing new products & services as the main objective for attending the NBTA Exposition

NBTA Attendees Mean Business
Today’s travel buyers are under increasing pressure to get things done faster and efficiently.  They come to the NBTA Exposition to get answers, compare vendors, negotiate next steps of agreement, and make decisions.  And of course, many are there to BUY!  Can you afford not to be there?

Get Noticed!
NBTA offers additional marketing and sponsorship opportunities, enabling you to maximize your presence at the show and steer attendees to your booth.  Once you sign up to exhibit at NBTA, you will receive a Sponsorship Opportunities Brochure outlining the wide range of unique on-site opportunities to capture attendees’ attention.  NBTA will highlight your sponsorship in on-site program publications, brochures, web advertising, banners and signage.  There are opportunities to fit any budget, big or small!

Media Opportunities
Each year, the NBTA International Convention & Exposition draws reporters from leading consumer, business, and trade publications; wire services; and broadcast outlets.  This extensive coverage gives exhibitors many opportunities to expand their media reach to the readers and viewers of such outlets as Business Travel News, Business Travel Executive, ProMedia.travel, T&E magazine, Purchasing Magazine, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Fortune, Reuters, and CNBC, as well as international publications.

Exhibitor media relations options include the NBTA Convention Online Press Room and Live from the NBTA Convention email, on-site press conferences and media receptions, and complimentary lists of registered media.  As you plan 2009, remember the NBTA Convention is the best place to launch new corporate travel products, services, and enhancements. For more information, contact pr@nbta.org.

Exposition Dates
Exposition:  August 24-26, 2009
Exhibitor Move-In: August 21-24, 2009 (targeted freight delivery)
Exhibitor Move-Out: August 26-27, 2009

Non-Conflicting Exposition Hours
To maximize your selling and networking time, Exposition hours do not conflict with education sessions or other Convention events.

Booth Fee
NBTA Members: $22 per square foot
Non-Members: $30 per square foot

Booth Height
Single or inline booths are limited to 8’ in height.  Island exhibits, 20’ x 20’ or larger, will be permitted to carry centered structures to a maximum height of 18’.  Hanging signs are permitted (for Island booths only), and may be carried to a maximum height of 25’ (measuring from the top of the sign down). 

Space Rental Includes:
• Listing in printed Convention Program & Exposition Guide
• One complimentary Convention registration, a $665 value, per 10’ x 10’ booth (maximum of 6 complimentary registrations for 20’ x 30’ or larger sized booths allowed)
• One complimentary Exhibitor Boss registration
• Booth identification sign, 7” x 44”, for all linear booths with company name
• Pipe and draped back wall (8’ high) and side wall (3’ high) – inline booths only
• Exhibiting company recognition in pre and post Convention promotional materials as well as at www.nbtaconvention.org
• Wall-to-wall aisle carpeting in a neutral color, cleaned daily
• A full 9.75 hours of no-conflict trade show time
• Ability to use the NBTA Convention show logo in promotional materials
• Company name included on virtual Exposition floor plan at www.nbtaconvention.org
• Click through link to your homepage

Additional Exhibit Personnel
All booth personnel (including any complimentary personnel) must be fully registered for the Convention.  Registration information will be sent to the booth contact upon receipt of rental agreement or in January, whichever is later.

Housing Information
NBTA has blocked rooms at several hotels surrounding the San Diego Convention Center.  Shuttle busses will be provided from each of these hotels (except the Manchester Grand Hyatt, the Marriott San Diego Hotel & Marina, the Hilton Bayfront Hotel, the Omni, the Hilton Gaslamp Quarter, the Marriott Gaslamp Quarter, and the Hard Rock Hotel, which are within walking distance).  The co-headquarters hotels are the Manchester Grand Hyatt, Marriott San Diego Hotel & Marina and the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.  Detailed housing and other Convention information will be available soon.