Wednesday, April 1, 2015 • 10 am - 4 pm • Cross Insurance Arena* • Portland, Maine
Marketing Tools
As the producer of the Maine Restaurant & Lodging Expo, we're conducting a full scale marketing campaign to attract quality buyers for the trade show. We encourage you to join the effort by engaging your food service and lodging customers by cross promoting of the event. Following are some ways in which you can get the word out.
Link us to your website
Please consider placing a link on your website directing your customers to the Expo webpage.
You may use wording such as: Join us at the Maine Restaurant & Lodging Expo or click to download one of the following images for use on your site.
Use the following address to link to the attendee page of our Expo site:
http://www.mainerestaurant.com/page/Expo_Attend
Invoice and Statement Messaging
Consider placing a note on your customers' financial statements encouraging them to visit your booth at the Expo. Use language like:
Visit us at the Maine Restaurant & Lodging Expo on Wednesday, April 1!
For details, visit mainerestaurant.com.
Email, Newsletters & Blogs
We're all communicating in a variety of ways these days. Consider using all elements of your customer communication tools to promote your presence at the Expo.
Social Media
We're on social media and we're guessing you and your customers are too. Visit and connect with us at:
Discount Coupons
As the event nears, we'll provide you access to discount coupons that you can print and distribute to your customers. Online registration closes about ten days before the Expo. Thereafter, attendee registration is accepted at the door on the day of the event. Day-of admission is $15 - $3 more than the advanced registration price. Coupons allow late registrants to pay the discounted price of $12 at the door. We'll email exhibitors when these coupons are ready.
Exhibitor Kit
For more information, contact show director:
Rebecca Dill
207-623-2178
Maine Restaurant & Lodging Expo is co-hosted by:
Show Logistics
Show Date & Time:
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
10 am - 4 pm
Exhibitor Set-Up:
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Assigned times from
10 am - 5 pm
Show Venue:
Cross Insurance Arena*
One Civic Center Square
Portland, Maine
Contact Us
Show Director:
Rebecca Dill [email protected]
207-623-2178
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About the Expo
The Maine Restaurant & Lodging Expo is the premier business-to-business trade show for Maine's premier industry - hospitality!
More than 120 exhibiting companies engage with hundreds of restaurant and lodging professionals in the most efficient and effective marketing event of the year.
Owners and employees of licensed foodservice and lodging establishments are invited to attend the Expo to find inspiration, education and resources for your every business need.
*The Expo will take place at the same venue as in previous years at the building formerly known as
the Cumberland County Civic Center which has recently been renamed the Cross Insurance Arena.