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EXPERIENCE | DEFINED - Full Service Registration End to End Housing Management Exhibit Lead Retrieval Attendance Tracking and Reporting Exhibit ...
Full Service Registration
    End to End Housing Management
                 Exhibit Lead Retrieval
   Attendance Tracking and Reporting
  Exhibit Sales and Floorplan Support

EXPERIENCE | DEFINED

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                                          Convention Strategy Group
EXPERIENCE | DEFINED - Full Service Registration End to End Housing Management Exhibit Lead Retrieval Attendance Tracking and Reporting Exhibit ...
Increase your bottom line by offering an enterprise event
                                   management tool that is customized to your needs
                                   END TO END PARTNER                                        ROOM BLOCKS SIMPLIFIED
                                   Convention Strategy Group offers sophisticated and        Convention Strategy Group offers an integrated
                                   easy to use technology delivering a dynamic attendee      housing management component and offers complete
                                   and exhibitor registration and hotel reservation          housing management services for any sized meeting,
                                   experience. Our End‐to‐End Enterprise (E3) Level          tradeshow and convention. As part of our services,
                                   event registration and housing system is designed to      our housing professionals monitor and enforce hotel
REGISTRATION
                                   be configured to meet the custom needs of all of our      compliance of contractual terms and other retail hotel
• Customized websites
                                   clients. We provide advanced reporting, emarketing,       reservations sites to ensure your rate integrity. Our
• Real‐time ecommerce
                                   and data collection functionality and can customize an    team, as well as our clients, have the ability to
• Encrypted transactions
                                   advanced clean integration with major membership          manage housing blocks online at any time and give
• Managed call center support
                                   management systems.                                       attendees educated choices of hotels based on
• Live chat customer service
                                                                                             specific sub‐block requirements. We can perform post
• Onsite management
• Single source logins
                                   SECURE REGISTRATION DATA                                  show audits to ensure maximum room block
                                   Convention Strategy Group offers complete client          utilization and mitigate potential attrition scenarios.
• Social media integration
                                   security, encryption, and data redundancy for each        In addition, our team is able to provide site selection
                                   event. In addition, our sub‐grouping functionality        services and negotiate contracts to guarantee the
HOUSING
                                   enables you to customize data collection fields,          lowest possible room rates and contract terms.
• Room block integration
                                   registration options, and hotel sub‐blocks for each
• One stop attendee solution
                                   different attendee type, truly customizing their          INTEGRATED PROCESSES
• Sub‐block management
                                   registration experience.                                  By offering Convention Strategy Group’s integrated
• Real‐time pickup/rooming lists
                                                                                             registration and housing, clients will have a seamless
• Post cutoff reservations
                                   Our system allows attendees to input their personal       bi‐directional solution that will completely
• Reduce attrition
                                   data, customize their personal event itinerary with       synchronize registration and housing data. This
• Increase room pickup
                                   sessions they wish to attend, and make a secure           simplified one‐step process ensures attendee and
• Comparative reporting
                                   online payment, captured in real‐time. Attendees and      exhibitor satisfaction and that they stay within the
• Post show audit review           exhibitors can register at any time and at whatever       room block with a single process. Streamlining and
                                   pace desired. Registrants can leave off at any point in   managing room bookings also minimizes attrition
                                   the process and come back later to complete their         exposure and reduces internal staff time spent on
                                   registration or housing process or make any required      coordinating housing data and issues with your
                                   modifications.                                            contracted hotels. Our system can identify
EXPERIENCE | DEFINED - Full Service Registration End to End Housing Management Exhibit Lead Retrieval Attendance Tracking and Reporting Exhibit ...
EXPERIENCE | DEFINED

         Tools at your fingertips
         Convention Strategy Group has developed a full
         suite of solutions to ensure successful events

        u   Track educational sessions and monitor which
            are more popular than others

        v   Make strategic decisions on accurate data or
            key performance issues

        w   Easy to understand interface and graphics
            allowing for executive level summaries

        x   Review pacing reports for registration and block
            penetration against preset goals or previous year

        y   One stop review for registration, housing,
            lead retrieval and educational session data

registrants without current hotel reservations and              summaries and graphs showing number of
provide outbound email marketing capabilities to                attendees scanned, peak attendance, average time       EXHIBIT LEAD RETRIEVAL
further lead them to booking within your block.                 on the exhibit floor or attendance change over time.   • Extremely user‐friendly
Convention Strategy Group can create efficiencies                                                                      • No cost to show management
on the overall block utilization and supply event               DEVELOPING SALES STRATEGIES                            • Custom lead qualification
organizers with valuable reporting and cost savings.            Convention Strategy Group’s experienced exhibit        • 24/7 online lead access
                                                                sales professionals use leading technology to          • Battery operated
COMPREHENSIVE DATA CAPTURE                                      effectively market, sell, assign and confirm exhibit   • Aisle traffic reports
Convention Strategy Group’s ExpoDemand suite of                 booth space. CS understands the need of having         • Exhibitor Invites
measurement solutions are mobile, intuitive data                strategic sales strategies and designs a sales cycle   • 100% guarantee
analytical tools for exhibitors and show managers.              that will be the most profitable for each client.
The solutions are deployed for exhibit lead retrieval,
session tracking, survey taking and prize drawings.             Utilizing a mix of customer relational management,     ATTENDANCE TRACKING
                                                                automated booth mapping and other proprietary          • Audited session attendance
Exhibitors will receive their highest return on                 software, Convention Strategy Group will deliver       • Advanced RFID tracking
investment from exhibiting by effectively managing              results while adhering to pre‐set goals. CS            • Detailed reports
their sales leads. CS ExpoDemand lead scanners are              maintains exhibitor databases and through other list   • Complete online analysis
capable of capturing demographic information for                procurements will guarantee maximum exposure to        • CE certificate generation
each potential lead. Leads can be further qualified             the prospect exhibitor community for your event.
to encompass any number of questions and                        Aggressive sales campaigns will introduce new
additional information as required. The scanners                exhibitors to your event and increase exhibitor        EXPO BOOTH SALES
are portable devices specifically designed for the              retention. Onsite customer service representatives     • Promote show growth
exhibitor requiring mobility in the booth and allow             will display complete knowledge of your event          • Assist current sales staff
for effortless scanning and data entry.                         creating a sense of unity with your event.             • List procurement
                                                                                                                       • Audience analysis
Convention Strategy Group offers an advanced                    BEYOND EXPECTATIONS                                    • Competitive show research
session tracking and verification solution. Whether             Convention Strategy Group is proud to offer a full     • Electronic marketing
barcode or RFID technology is desired, the potential            suite of meeting management tools at competitive       • Increase sponsorships
of the system is limitless. A wide variety of options           price points. Our mission is to establish strong
are available ranging from handheld equipment to                relationships with our clients by providing cost‐
self‐contained RFID door scanners. Each product                 effective access to high‐quality meeting technology.                 301.656.7521
line is coupled with proprietary attendance                     If saving time and money at your next meeting is               sales@cstrategy.com
reporting software. Event data reports include                  important, contact Convention Strategy Group.           www.conventionstrategy.com
EXPERIENCE | DEFINED - Full Service Registration End to End Housing Management Exhibit Lead Retrieval Attendance Tracking and Reporting Exhibit ...
ConventionStrategy   Direct Competitors       Online Vendors
                                                                                                                    ConventionStrategy is proud to
             Integrated Registration & Housing
                                                        P                    P                       P              offer a complete integrated family
             Online & Offline Support
                                                        P                    P                       O              of software and services to the
                                                                                                                    meeting and convention industry.
             In‐House Call Center Services              P                  Maybe                     O
             Complete Housing Management                P                  Maybe                    Maybe
             Full Onsite Registration Services          P                  Maybe                    Maybe           BlueSkyz
             Real‐Time Secure Ecommerce                 P                    P                       P               Registration
                                                                                                                     Housing
             Attendance Promotion                       P                  Maybe                    Maybe
                                                                                                                     Onsite Services
             Social Media Functionality                 P                    P                       P
                                                                                                                     Call Center Support
             Name Badge Production                      P                  Maybe                     O
             Barcode Printing Ability                   P                    P                      Maybe
             RFID Encoding Ability                      P                  Maybe                     O              EXPODemand
             Advanced Lead Retrieval                    P                  Maybe                     O               Lead Retrieval
             Free Real‐Time Lead Access                 P                  Maybe                     O               Session Tracking
             Onsite Lead Specialists                    P                    O                       O               Attendance Promotion
                                                                                                                     Expo Booth Sales
             RFID Session Tracking                      P                  Maybe                     O
             RFID Exhibit Hall Tracking
                                                        P                  Maybe                     O
             Exhibit Booth Sales
                                                        P                  Maybe                     O

Convention Strategy Group is a full service event technology firm guided by a management team with
over 35 years of combined experience in the meetings industry.

Convention Strategy Group specializes in delivering sophisticated and easy to use registration, integrated
housing, advanced lead management, session attendance tracking and other event technology solutions
to a wide range of clients. No matter the size of the general session or the amount of exhibitors on the
trade show floor, ConventionStrategy can be relied on to deliver a 100% commitment to client events.

                                                                                                                 © 2011 ConventionStrategy. All rights reserved.
                                                                                                                 The CS logo is considered a trademark or regis‐
                                                                                                                 tered trademark of Convention Strategy Group,
                                                                                                                 LLC in the U.S. All other trademarks, services
                                                                                                                 marks and product or service names are trade‐
                                                                                                                 marks or registered trademarks of their respec‐
                                                                                                                 tive owners.

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                                                 Convention Strategy Group, LLC
                                                 PO Box 2365
                                                 Germantown, MD 20875
                                                 U.S.A.
                                                 Tel: +1 301.656.7521
                                                 Fax: +1 301.560.8841
                                                 www.conventionstrategy.com
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