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Best Of Expo
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FEATURE
Exciting Products.
Compelling Events.
Powerful Business.
Unlimited Possibilities.
by
Tina Berres Filipski
T
his year’s PPAI Expo was the best-attended
show in nine years, with distributor
personnel verified at 12,267—the highest since
2008. And the numbers didn’t stop there. More
than 19,688 total participants from across the
U.S. and 31 countries participated in Expo
including those representing 1,251 exhibitors
in 3,144 booths—and 157 of the exhibiting
companies were first-timers. Overall, Expo
filled one million square feet at the Mandalay
Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and its
economic impact to the city is estimated at a