Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side.
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There has been a lot of talk around suppliers walking away from shows with little notice even with long term relationships; in other cases some have used it as a way to force pricing up. Venues have been more interesting. At first they crammed in every booking they could get, and then realised they didn’t have the staff to support those events and so started capping event bookings. I …
July 15, 2022
I note of late that some of the major expo contractors are talking about how costs have risen due to staff availability and the cost of fuel and how those costs need to be passed on. They are asking expo owners to lock shows in for the rest of 2022/23 with a considerable increase in budget that seems to go well over these cost increases. Some are even withdrawing …
June 22, 2022
OK we need it on the recovery table. We can win the battle but loose the war and if the major stand builders and furniture suppliers continue down the current path of what seems to be opportunistic pricing and profit direction whilst blaming the price rises on staff shortages. For now show organisers are compromised on price increases as most have rolled their contracts from 2020-21 into this year …
March 10, 2022
Two mice and two small people can probably help us, or can they? International borders have reopened, even WA is reconnecting to the mainland despite them now having increasing cases (seems he is now OK spreading the love to the East), QR codes being dropped, masks being relaxed, density limits dropped, a singing Queensland Premier who seems to have received the memo and stayed on track. If you are …
March 4, 2022
After a decade in exhibitions, Doug is now CFO at Scalabrini, a NFP organisation that manages six aged care villages in NSW Like many I am no longer working in the Events and Exhibitions space having left an Industry I loved and was passionate about since I was lucky enough to get a job in it in 2010. Events and Exhibitions have a way of infecting the soul with …
January 14, 2022
Exhibitions Archives | Australasian Special Events
Has 2022 been too good to be true, and can it continue?
A new report from the USA exhibition industry may support growing concern that the industry could face significant challenges and could go backwards over the next 18 months compared to 2022. The demand for in-person experiences has been skyrocketing as we emerged out of covid lock downs, and many shows made remarkable comebacks beating where they were at in 2019. People craved the tangible interactions, the excitement of exploring …