Booths, Booth and More Booths. Exhibit Hall Explored Photography-Style
On Monday and Tuesday during ad:tech New York, the exhibit hall was filled with activity. Every last square inch of available space inside the Hilton had been converted to booth space for the final appearance of ad:tech in the Hilton. Yes, the conference will continue. It’s just moving to the Javits Center next year so everyone wil have some vreathing room as they traverse the exhibit hall floor.
ad:tech blogger Andrew Paradies strolled the floor and took several shots of exhibitors booths on Monday and Tuesday. Check out Andrew’s photo album here and see who you recognize. And here’s another album from Steve Hall.
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There’s an armed guard of about five police officers, equipped with shiny black helmets and long-range rifles, standing outside the Hilton.
read more...Elite Commision Wins ad:tech Booth Schwag Award for 2008

In terms of booth schwag at New York’s ad:tech, there wasn’t much that stood out. There were pens and pens and pens and more pens. There were matchbooks. There were hats, cups and mints. There were stress balls, pins and badges. A few, however, rose above the toss-in-the-nearest-trash-can category. Ifbyphone had yo-yos. Anchor had shot glasses.And Batanga had miniature stereo speakers which could plug into an iPod or other musical device.
The best, though, and the winner of this year’s Booth Schwag Award goes to elitecommission for hiring a custom cigar maker who sat at the booth and rolled fatties (well, not that kind) for attendees. Clearly, not your normal booth schwag.
See them all here.
read more...Booth Bait Doesn’t Always Come in the Form of a Babe

In the ever escalating challenge to out do fellow booth mates at ad:tech, some companies don’t fool around with cheap plastic pens or useless stress balls. No. Some, like elite commission, offer those who visit their booth hand-rolled cigars. Not bad. Not bad at all.
read more...Mobile Makes Its Mark at ad:tech

If you are attending ad:tech, make sure you stop by the GoMobile exhibit on the 3rd floor of the Hilton. At this exhibit, you can check out what several companies are doing in the mobile space and, since it’s a growing segment, it’d be the smart thing for you to do.
read more...Santa Visits ad:tech New York

ad:tech New York is teeming with activity this morning in the cramped quarters of the Hilton Hotel in New York City but that hasn’t stopped anyone from having fun and doing business. A mont the various site where Bag Babe, a cute golf girl and even Santa! Have a look in the photo album.
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