The reason we do have London in Jan was to piggy back the ICE exhibition which many operators and some affiliates attended already so it made sense to put them together because it means you get two shows for one and more parties witghout having to make two trips – We did the same with Barcelona in October piggy backing EIG
That said – It doesn’t have to be this way – We can move events around however we have to ensure two things if we do:
1. Affiliates still come in their high numbers as this means operators will still sponsor and exhibit thus making it a viable event and importantly free for affiliates
2. Operators will still come (even if they have to make two trips) and exhibit/sponsor making it a viable event and importantly free for affiliates
The important thing we all know is affiliates come first – It is how CAP has always done business, whether it is a magazine, portal, or event you always are the priority and we have to make the proposal to you as attractive as possible whether this be parties and free entry or free subscriptions because your buy in is what makes the operators step up.
SO
If enough people want to see changes – we could look at that these no problem. Some things like Barcelona are already signed up so we can’t change them but going forward we could move things around in 2009