P2BK 2009 even more crowded
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Another year and another P2BK event, an annual event for small-medium entrepreneurs to participate and demonstrate their businesses. The exhibition this year brought in more varieties after it’s been more recognized, and the quality and booth expenses have increased to a good extent as well, showing how eager and enthusiastic contributors were. Their hard efforts however were again over shadowed by an overwhelming crowd of visitors trying to pass back and forth in a human traffic flow inside the tiny corridors between booths. The small area separating the booths made it barely possible for people to move, let alone standing for a moment to know what the booth is all about. If a guy stops, he would basically stop the whole lane behind him. We had to go with the current all the way through. Best thing you can hope to do is grab a brochure while you’re on the go.
Overheating was another problem still existing from last year. Since the room is designed for events, one would only think it’s designed to accommodate all it’s needs as well.
We understand the restriction on space area with the event targeting small-medium businesses, trying to keep it as affordable as possible, but the huge demand, costly booths, and amount of visitors can only justify the expansion. I’m sure sponsors would cover up big part of the event under such big demand, and the other thing is, if space is a problem, last thing one would need is a main stage eating up the remaining area.
Not only did it take a big amount of space, but was a big source of noise as well. My friend was trying to discuss something with an exhibitor but instead just took the business card since we couldn’t hear anything.
Any good impressions left on the way out were also wiped out when some guy at the door raised his hand over my friend’s chest, rudely telling him the exit is the other way. The fact that no door has a sign of Entrance nor Exit shows a bad side of organization, and not taking good care of the qualifications of the people they hire is another thing worse. Have it been someone other than my friend, who is a highly educated, wise and calm person, things would’ve taken a different turn.
In summary, I believe the event is a great idea, there is a big demand for it especially at the boost of online business in Kuwait, however the execution could be made a lot better to give the best outcome for both the visitor, and the exhibitor, as I can only picture my self as an exhibitor loosing all those candidate customers. The environment should be suitable to discuss the business opportunities, it’s not a carnival after all. Also, serious care should be taken with the hiring, what happened to us on the way out was really outrageous.
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