Sponsorship Opportunities

The IMEX TV crew will interview a key member of your team during IMEX and include this within one of the Daily News Headlines (choice between either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday) which will be broadcast each day on plasma screens in the show, plus sent to all hosted buyers, visitors, press and exhibitors by email each evening. The testimonial can take place on your stand. Maximum of 3 will be sold, including the Major Sponsor.

We can broadcast your 30 second company produced video at the end of one of the Daily News Headlines (choice between either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday). Maximum of 3 will be sold, including the Major Sponsor.

Your company will have a 15 second banner strip show up during the Daily News Headlines. Maximum of 6 will be sold.

The sponsor will receive:

- Sponsor company name will be visible in the following areas: 8 bins located in prominent positions on the show floor (Seminar rooms, Hosted Buyer Lounge outside the two hall entrances and by the Japanese Gates).

- Exposure will also be through the website, IMEX Briefing newsletter, Show Catalogue, press releases and promotional material.

Your company logo, name and stand number on monitor screens at every visitor registration desk.  Catch them as soon as they arrive!

Includes sponsorship of:

• Registration pens: The opportunity to either supply your own branded pens or to supply your logo for pens made from recycled paper for registration.
• Self service kiosk screamers: The opportunity to brand the very popular self service registration kiosks located in the main registration area and outside the hosted buyer lounge.

Advertising space is available in the show catalogue distributed free to all visitors, exhibitors and press.  The catalogue is kept for reference long after the show, providing a high-profile reminder of your products and services.

Outside back cover €9,625

Bookmark €8,750

Inside front cover €7,920

Inside back cover €7,425

Double page spread €6,750

Full page €2,800

Half page €1,650

Quarter page €995

To book please contact Quill Cheyne, +44 207 933 8988, quill.cheyne@theshowdaily.co.uk

IMEX has its own dedicated English language newspaper, the IMEX Daily, published on all three days of the show (4,000 copies distributed per day to all IMEX participants). All ads will appear in each of the three editions of the IMEX Daily.

Outside back cover €8,250
Inside front cover €8,250
Inside back cover €7,500
Double page spread €10,890

Full page €5,830

Half page €3,080

Quarter page €1,815

To book please contact Quill Cheyne, +44 207 933 8988, quill.cheyne@theshowdaily.co.uk

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of IMEX (and the 10th anniversary of the IMEX Daily), 10,000 copies of a very special souvenir issue of the Daily will be distributed at the show. Editorial will celebrate the achievements of the meetings industry, IMEX and its exhibitors over the past 10 years and will also look at what the next 10 years holds in store. This is your opportunity to be part of our celebration of 10 years of excellence.

Outside back cover €4,995
Inside front cover €4,995
Double page spread €6,750
Full page €2,800
Half page €1,650
Quarter page €995

To book please contact Quill Cheyne, +44 207 933 8988, quill.cheyne@theshowdaily.co.uk

To keep registered visitors up-to-date with show news and ensure their attendance at IMEX 2012 we will be sending them a series of emails from March - May. Your branding will be aligned to these emails.

As the sponsor you will receive:
Branding including logo, weblink and 20 words of text on registered visitor emails.

In the run-up to IMEX 2012 we will be sending monthly emails to all exhibiting companies registered to exhibit at IMEX in Frankfurt. The emails contain monthly deadlines, information on their appointment schedules and guide to buyers, operational information, plus tips on how to get the make the most of the show. A minimum of 5 emails will be sent in total from January – May.

As the sponsor you will receive:
Branding including logo, weblink and 20 words of text on monthly exhibitor emails.

As the exclusive sponsor you will receive:
- Branding including logo, weblink and 50 word message on the email which will be sent within 2 weeks after IMEX requesting buyers to complete the survey.
- Branding including logo, weblink and 150 word message on the online survey.
- Ability to add one question to the online survey.

Sponsor IMEX TV - a new TV channel located on the IMEX in Frankfurt website (www.imex-frankfurt.com) – will feature live news from the show, sound-bites from key IMEX personnel, including Ray Bloom, IMEX Group Chairman; plus interviews and testimonials from exhibitors, buyers and industry veterans. Daily News Headlines will be sent each evening of the IMEX in Frankfurt exhibition (Tuesday 22 – Thursday 24 May) to everyone registered for the show and will also be available on YouTube and via the IMEX App.

As the Major Sponsor of IMEX TV, you will gain the following exclusive benefits:

- You will be branded as the exclusive Major Sponsor (individual advertising, as outlined below, may be sold to other suppliers)

- A choice of one of the following opportunities:

1) 30 second Onsite Interview.

2) 30 Second Commercial Supplied by Your Company.

Both the above opportunities will also be featured on the TV channel separately to the news headlines as a sound-bite. Both the daily news headlines and sound-bite will be available year-round on the TV channel.

- Video Player Frame.

- Rotating Banner Advert on the IMEX TV webpage.

- Opportunity to provide an additional testimonial (produced by yourselves) available continually on the TV channel.

- Press release announcing the launch of IMEX TV will feature you as the Major Sponsor.

- All newsletter or Daily Paper articles regarding IMEX TV will mention you as the Major Sponsor.

- Mention as the Major Sponsor within the 3 daily emails sent to all hosted buyers, visitors, press and exhibitors, including your stand number.

Have your logo branded on 10,000 show guides, distributed free to all hosted buyers, visitors, press and exhibitors at IMEX.  Your sponsorship includes a full page colour advertisement and exclusive branding on the floor plan.

Includes sponsorship of You are here boards - These boards are placed in busy areas of the halls and guide visitors around the exhibition. Have your company logo and stand details highlighted on the boards, so visitors know exactly where to find you.

IMEX staff will be positioned at prime locations to help with enquiries.  Your name and branding on the front of each counter will give major exposure to your company. Five counters in total.

Sponsor the lanyards holding the exhibition entry badge for hosted buyers, visitors, exhibitors and press.  They all become very attached to your company!

Direct buyers to your stand by placing your logo and stand details on signs suspended from the ceiling in the entrance hallway - the route to the exhibition hall from the coach drop-off for hosted buyers, and from the shuttle bus stop.

Package includes six hallway signs (Size: 1.8m x 0.8m) and three wall banners (Size: 4.2m x 2.4m).

The opportunity to sponsor three banners, located at the entrance to the show floor. It will be heavily used by visitors and buyers going in and out the exhibition.

Banner is 4800 x 2400 mm.

For the first time IMEX will have Twitter screens placed in key locations such as the Hosted Buyer lounge, the IMEX stand, the media cafe and the galleria, as well as 3 cafe areas in the main hall.

There will be a total of 7 - 8 screens of varying sizes throughout IMEX 2012. The screens will rotate. The display will be a Twitter “Wall” where all Twitter messages under the #IMEX12 hashtag can be viewed and "What's coming up?" menu with the education sessions currently taking place in the hall.

These exclusive pillar posters along the corridor, leading from the Registration area to the Main Hall seminars or Hosted Buyer Lounge will be available for branding. Each poster is 1220 x 2490 mm.

Package includes four or eight posters.

For the first time IMEX will be offering free wi-fi to all hosted buyers, visitors, press and exhibitors throughout Halls 8 and 9 at Messe Frankfurt. This wi-fi connection is intended for emailing and web browsing (rather than data downloading) and is expected to be used heavily by buyers using Smart Phones and the popular IMEX App.

This technology is being made possible through the support of Messe Frankfurt and Destination Frankfurt, who will also be listed as sponsors.

As the sponsor you will receive:
- Mention as the sponsor within press releases launching this new service.
- Mention as the sponsor on the What’s New webpage on the IMEX in Frankfurt website.
- Mention as the sponsor in social media posts promoting this service.
- Mention as the sponsor, including logo branding where possible, on printed collateral mentioning this new service – including the Show Catalogue, Pocket Guide and Daily Paper articles.

- Mention as the sponsor on signage promoting wi-fi in key areas throughout Hall 8

and 9.