"One of the most important elements in the success of the Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners Expo is the active participation of some of the leading liquor companies in the world as sponsors. These firms understand the very close relationship between alcoholic beverage marketing and the gentlemen’s club industry, particularly when they are breaking new brands and trying to build a buzz among a very influential family of consumers.”
— Ed Anakar, Director of Operations, Rick’s Cabaret Club Chain

SPONSOR INFO

The 20th Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO convention and tradeshow will be held August 26-29, 2012, at the beautiful Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.  The Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO is the only national convention and tradeshow for the multi-billion-dollar adult nightclub industry, and is produced by ED Publications, the industry’s only national business-to-business magazine for the past 20 years. 

The following are a list of sponsorship opportunities for the 2012 Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO.  To reserve a sponsorship slot or if you have any questions about the different sponsorship opportunities, please call Lacy Empkey or Ryan Davis at (727) 726-3592.

Click the 2012 Sponsor Opportunity pages below

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Sponsor Ops Category #1

ALL SPONSORS IN CATEGORY #1 RECEIVE:  A full-page ad in the convention issue of ED Club Bulletin Magazine  ($1,795 value); additional tradeshow booth spaces at a 20 percent discount; and sponsorship mention in our promotional mailings, websites and publications.

Category #1: TITLE SPONSOR Package

Get noticed nowFee:         $19,500
Benefits:

• ­Four complimentary Tradeshow booths with eight EXPO badges ($7,200 value).
• ­Eight additional EXPO admission badges ($2,872 value).
• Company banner in Panel Session room (we produce the banner).
• ­The “All Sponsors Receive” benefits listed above.

Category #1: EVENT SPONSOR Package

Fee:         $14,500
Note:         You have your choice of being a co-sponsor of one of these three events:
1)  The 2012 ED Publications “Adult Nightclubs Awards Show” in a Vegas showroom
2)  The EXPO Registration Desk is open throughout the convention and is Command
Central for the show.  Our staff at the Reg. Desk will wear your company shirt and hand
out your promo material to all attendees (only two sponsors accepted).
3)  The EXPO Welcome Center is a custom-built booth where the convention bags,
ED magazines and show advice are dispensed.  Our staff at the Center will wear your    
company shirt and hand out your promo to all attendees (only two sponsors accepted). 
Benefits:
­—Three complimentary Tradeshow booths with four EXPO badges ($5,385 value).
­—Six additional EXPO admission badges ($2,154 value).
—Your company signage at event location (we produce the signage).
­—The “All Sponsors Receive” benefits listed above.

Category #1: PARTY SPONSOR Package

Fee:         $9,500
Note:         Choice of co-sponsoring the Opening Night Part or the Industry Appreciation Party. 
Benefits:
—Two complimentary Tradeshow booths with four EXPO badges ($3,590 value).
—Four additional EXPO admission badges ($1,426 value).
—Your company signage at party location (we produce the signage).
­—The “All Sponsors Receive” benefits listed above.

Sponsor Ops Category #2

All sponsors in category #2 receive additional tradeshow booth spaces at a 20 percent discount, and sponsorship mention in our promotional mailings, websites and publications.

Continental Breakfasts before Panel Sessions:
Fee:         $5,500 per co-sponsor
Benefits:
—A complimentary Tradeshow booth with two EXPO badges (a $1,795 value).
—Two complimentary Awards Show tickets (a $178 value).
—One free half-page ad in the convention issue of ED Club Bulletin (a $1,195 value).
—Meet and greet attendees and distribute promotional materials at the panel session.

The Show Badge (your company on the personalized, laminated, backstage-pass style badges): 
Fee:         $6,000 for front of badge; $4,500 for back of badge; $4,000 for lanyards
Benefits:
—A complimentary Tradeshow booth with three EXPO badges (a $1,795 value).
—One free half-page ad in the convention issue of ED Club Bulletin (a $1,195 value).

Convention Bag: (your logo on a custom cloth bag given to every attendee): 
Fee:         $7,500
Benefits:
—A complimentary Tradeshow booth with two EXPO badges (a $1,795 value).
—Two additional EXPO badges (a $718 value).
—Five complimentary Awards Show tickets (a $445 value).     
—One free full-page ad in the convention issue of ED Club Bulletin (a $1,795 value).

Bag Stuffers: (your promo item placed in the convention bags given to all attendees): 
Fee:         $699
Benefits:
—Place a brochure, a flyer, a product sample or some other type of promotional item from your company in the Official Show Goodie Bag.  It’s the best way to ensure that buyers get your promotional piece, take it back to their room and then back to their club.

Official Convention Issue: 
Capitalize on the captive audience of buyers at EXPO 2012 by placing a display advertisement for your company in the August 2012 convention issue of ED Publication’s bimonthly Club Bulletin, which is distributed to every attendee at EXPO 2012!  The issue is also mailed out to our regular 5,000-plus industry readership which makes it the largest circulation Club Bulletin of the year.

We are offering these special, reduced ad rates to sponsors for the EXPO 2011 convention issue:

Full page     $1,199 SPECIAL       (regular rate: $1,795)
Half page     $699 SPECIAL         (regular rate: $1,195)
Third page   $399 SPECIAL         (regular rate: $795)
Sixth page   $299 SPECIAL         (regular rate: $545)


Contact
—To reserve booth space or be a sponsor at EXPO 2012, please call Lacy Empkey at (727) 726-3592 or email her at lacy@EDpublications.com  

BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM NOW:
If you are planning to attend EXPO 2012, we encourage you to book your room today at The Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino since we sell out of our room block every year. The room rate for Expo attendees is $109, or $139 for a suite at THEhotel. You can book by calling Mandalay Bay Group Reservations at (877) 632-9001 or click our Mandalay Bay button

“We developed several relationships with vendors at the EXPO Tradeshow that we took advantage of immediately.  We started to carry Crystal Head Vodka in our locations.  We contacted every insurance agency from the show to get quotes.  We used Omega Pattern Works for carpet and KG Furniture for our new custom bar stools and chairs.  We took full advantage of the treasure of information and vendors made available to us at the EXPO.”
— Charles Bass, Owner, Babes Cabaret in New Orleans and Diamond Club South in Houston

Click images below to see some of the Sponsors from EXPO 2011

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