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Dear AVN:
Webmasters are not poor. They are also not so stupid.
We don't really need to be in vegas during the busiest time of the year. You could probably get our rates a little lower if you ran the show over newyears. The prices for new years are lower. December and January are also the coldest months in Vegas, which means many of the attractions and such are NOT open.
We really don't need to be in Miami in August. It is a million degrees, 100% humidity, and it is summer pretty much every else in the northern hemisphere. It is plenty hot here in Montreal, so why go to the 7th inner ring of hell?
Quite simply, your event dates are all backwards... and they don't match up with the reality of our business.
My suggestion? Let's try Miami in March or April, and let's try vegas in September or October.
Those who are attending the show in Vegas this year are paying premium, top, highest possibly dollar for place that, 30 days later, would literally get on their knees and suck to get that many people into a hotel - and at about 1/4 of the price. That would be more than enough of a saving to pay a little bit more to be in Miami at a time of the year when it is truly worth going.
Jamming the January show up against the holidays and scheduling it based on CES is good for your retail trade (read raincoaters and droolers) who pay $25 at the door to come in and line up to SEE pornstars in person. It doesn't really help an industry function. It makes it harder to plan for a new years party, it makes it harder to justify taking time off at christmas (because then you are going to also take the first 10 days off of january to get the show done), and generally it gets in the way of real life.
Make it attractive for webmasters to attend, and they will attend. Make it attractive for webmasters to attend, and more sponsors will spend more money to get more exposure to those webmasters. Can you imagine a Vegas show with 10-15k attendance? I can.
Alex
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