Emerald Expositions

Bring your own Food and Drink to Javitz Center. Food Service was awful, food service staff was unfriendly and unaccommodating. Many areas at the both food courts were out of some items by 1PM on Monday. Whoever the new Food concessionaire is, they need to put their staff through some serious customer service training and management needs to better understand the /guest needs and the amount of food/beverage needed. I have been coming to this show for over 20 years and the food and service up until the past summer show was good with a large selection of ethnic and American local fare.

My first time going. Registering before hand made picking up badges very easy. I appreciate the fact that all the vendors and a description of their wares was available when I downloaded the app on my phone. What I found helpful was going through the list of vendors before the show so that I could plan and visit the ones that carried what I was interested in first. The booths were all clearly marked in the specific halls which made them easy to find. I found the show well organized and the communications and updates sent to me a way to keep me engaged and informed. I don't know if any hotels were offering a specail rate for paticipants. That would have been a bonus.

I believe more checkouts were needed for License to Buy. I spent an hour in line. The program is great but could have been smoother.

Love the reward to buyers who place orders. I won for the first time. It was such a thrill and such a lovely thank you. Great idea.

Walk through everything first before stopping to chat so you know what all is there. Especially the peripheral stuff as that can be where the golden finds are.

Learned about fabrics, styles and trends for swim wear. There are a variety of ways to market and produce good quality suits.

I have attended Medtrade Atlanta for many years and general opinion is that is slowing down from 4 days to 2 days of expo which can be covered in one or 1 1/2 daysIssue lies with organization serving DME members which are WEAK to make make DME members stronger so they can make a living.Today they are very few corp who who in turn support and control the non profit DME representing org and hence control the agenda.They have not represented DME cos interests effectively in general before CMS.Until this happens smallDME bix will go out and hence less attendance.If you want real opinion call me'Harry Gidwani cell 617.510.1979. This will increase DMEs and hence more attendance

This was our first time and it was a great experience... can’t wait till next year..

Some of the new sellers said they wouldn’t be returning next year because it cost more for the booth they rented than they sold. I was just asking some if they would be returning because I would like to purchase next year. I always enjoy seeing what’s new for the upcoming inventory.

Be prepared to use and take advantage of specials, new products, etc.