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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: alansavvi on April 14, 2006, 05:37:35 pm

Title: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: alansavvi on April 14, 2006, 05:37:35 pm

What are they like, when did you go, are they worth it?

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: WavieDavie on April 14, 2006, 05:50:53 pm

Haven't been, but this should give you a flavour . . . http://www.iwca.org/convention/past_convention/index.htm

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: gaza on April 14, 2006, 10:39:09 pm

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BANGERS AND MASH AND A PINT PLEASE ;D BRING ON THE STRIPPERS FOR ME

 GAZA

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: Allways Cleaning on April 15, 2006, 12:29:08 am

strippers now were talking.

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: Londoner on April 15, 2006, 09:06:27 am

I was quite tempted a couple or years ago. thats not seriously tempted you understand but it did cross my mind.
Before I discovered this forum I used to spend a lot of time looking at the American window cleaning web sites.

IWCA is probably the best. They sell some interesting looking books as well. Most people don't have window cleaners in America. This is partly to do with the fact that a lot more houses are singe storey. So window cleaning over there is almost all commercial and they are a lot more geared up. They had WFPs years ago for example.

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: *foxman on April 16, 2006, 12:00:03 am

went over last year to the Hilton in Disney World, Florida for last years and it was amazing! The convention goes on for about 5 days and is massive as you would imagine being in the U.S.  The beauty of it is that you can take your family with you and claim it all on the tax man!! Worth it if you can justify the cost.

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: paul michelle on April 16, 2006, 08:07:27 am

the question is would you be able to lose the cost of the business trip your account and have a holiday in sted

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 16, 2006, 08:31:27 am

I attend a cleaning show in Las Vegas every October, it last 3 days and has lots of seminars.

I take My wife and son and put it all through the bussiness, we stay for 10 days. You got to give it to the Americans they know how to put on a good show.

4 of us are attending the ISSA cleaning show in amsterdam in May.

Mike

Title: Re: Has anyone been to a trade show in America?
Post by: alansavvi on April 18, 2006, 04:44:30 pm

Quote from: mike_halliday on April 16, 2006, 08:31:27 am

I attend a cleaning show in Las Vegas every October, it last 3 days and has lots of seminars.

I take My wife and son and put it all through the bussiness, we stay for 10 days. You got to give it to the Americans they know how to put on a good show.

4 of us are attending the ISSA cleaning show in amsterdam in May.

Mike

Mike, can you tell me what this show is called?