Registration is required for all trade visitors. Admission is free to trade personnel and a Visitor Badge must be worn at all times
Canvassing
Canvassing or soliciting for business by non-exhibitors or unauthorised personnel during the exhibition is strictly prohibited. Prohibited canvassing activities include but are not limited to
Teachers MUST pre-register student groups through exhibitions@visualconnections.org.au, each teacher can supervise up to 10 students, and the teacher must be present at all times.
For trade visitors with children, please visit the registration desk at the entrance of the event, before entering the exhibition to acquire an ‘Accompanied Guest’ pass for your child(ren). No children are permitted under the age of 14 unless accompanied by an adult
A valid visa may be required to enter Australia. For information about visas contact the Australian Embassy in your country.
Visual Connections Australia Ltd does not issue ‘Letters of Invitation’ to visitors.
In order to protect our valued exhibitors and the investment they have made in our trade shows, Visual Connections has set up stringent policies to support their significant investment.
Participating in the PacPrint, Visual Impact & Label and Packaging Expo trade shows, Visual Connections Show rules strictly prohibit solicitation, "suitcasing", or "outboarding" by attendees or non-attendees who transact business at the trade show or in nearby hotels and facilities that do NOT have exhibit booths.
Suitcasing and outboarding give non-exhibiting companies and attendees an unfair competitive advantage over exhibitors who have invested money and other resources to exhibit. These practices unfairly capitalise on the momentum created by the show organisers, exhibitors and media companies and deprive revenue used to support our programs and initiatives.
SUITCASING refers to those non-exhibiting companies or persons who go to exhibitions as attendees but "work the aisles" from their suitcase (briefcase) and solicit business in the aisles of the exhibition floor or supplier stands.
OUTBOARDING refers to non-exhibiting companies that set up exhibits or events outside of the exhibit hall-hotel hospitality suites or restaurants-and encourage show attendees to leave the show floor. Off-site events held during trade show hours diminish the size and diffuse the quality of the audience available to legitimate exhibitors.
The consequences of suitcasing and outboarding at a Visual Connections event will have the following consequences;
Visual Connections will have dedicated trade show Marshalls who can be contacted in the Organisers Office and Exhibitors will be given a contact number, to report all suspect attendees at the exhibition.
