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When registration opens, click on the Register Now button. Click on Exhibitor Registration. Enter your

company name and Exhibitor ID. Enter your registration contact information for your team and continue to register additional booth personnel. Pre-Registration in February is recommended for those who need hotel rooms and want the most options. Hotel reservations are made at a later assigned date.

Unfortunately, it's impossible for us to guarantee all attendees their first hotel of choice. Registering during the Pre-Registration period in February gives you the best opportunity for securing your top hotel pick. Please remember that since hotels have limited space, opportunity does not guarantee final outcome.

Under the cubic content rule, each exhibitor may build right up to the front of their booth and up to the maximum allowable height (25 feet). There are no sight guidelines under the cubic content rule. No portion of your display or structure may extend into the aisle, including the air space above the aisle. This rule allows exhibitors to make maximum use of their booth space. See Exhibitor Rules & Regulations for complete details.

Booth materials can be shipped to the Fern warehouse between June 9 – July 3 or directly to the Greater Columbus Convention Center to arrive no earlier than July 10. Shipping labels will be provided in the Exhibitor Service Kit. 

• Sign/banner hanging and theatrical rigging/lighting must be done on Thursday, July 10 or Friday, July 11. NO Signs or Banners will be hung on Saturday, July 12.
• Standing or hanging signage cannot exceed 25 feet tall and has a weight limit of 75 pounds.
• Free-floating Hanging Banners (hung from the ceiling but not anchored at the bottom) must be 12 feet from the booth floor (cannot reach a height greater than 25 feet). Banners must be maintained within cubic confines of booth.
• Anchored Banners (hung from the hall ceiling and anchored to the exhibit display) cannot not exceed 24 feet in length and must be anchored no less than 1 foot from the floor of the booth (again, cannot reach a height greater than 25 feet). Convention center personnel must be hired for installation and removal of suspended signage.

For information about electric, plumbing, carpet cleaning, internet service, cost of hanging signs or banners from the ceiling, please contact: 

Greater Columbus Convention Center

(614) 827-2548

ExhibitorServices@ColumbusConventions.com

Visit their site here

Drayage is the handling of shipments and collateral materials upon their arrival at the Fern warehouse or at the exhibit hall. This includes delivery of materials to your booth and the handling and storing of empty containers at the beginning and the return of empty containers at the end of the show. It also includes labor and equipment to pick up the re-packed materials, check them against the shipping papers, and re-load them into trucks for outbound shipment.

Labor is a critical component of the cost of providing drayage services. Frequently, this work takes place during overtime hours for the staff, especially the handling of the empty containers, which usually takes place throughout the night. Additionally, the drayage operation has very tight time constraints. A show must open at a specific time and drayage service has only a 2- to 3-day window to perform all services.

All carpet tape must be Polyken 105C and be building approved. If these requirements are not met, you will be billed for damages.

Yes, there are two ice stations available at the back of the hall.

1. You must provide the buyer with an itemized Bill of Sale. This form will be distributed to your exhibit space and is also available at the Fern Service Desk.
2. After the close of the show, materials must be tagged with the buyer's name and roped off using the tape provided by Fern. 
3. If materials can be hand carried off the show floor, buyers can have access beginning at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, July 15.
4. If buyers need to use the loading docks to pick up materials they must wait until 7:00 PM on Tuesday, July 16 and must first go to the marshaling yard to be released to the loading dock. 
5. All purchased materials must be picked up from the show floor by 9:00 PM, Tuesday, July 15

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Theft of materials is an issue. To prevent theft, it is recommended that exhibit personnel or buyers remain in the exhibit space until materials can be removed from the exhibit hall.

Only exhibitors are permitted on the show floor after 2:00 PM on Tuesday, July 15. You MUST have your Exhibitor Badge visible at all times. You will not be able to re-enter the exhibit hall without it. Exhibitors found to be releasing badges to those not registered, or wearing a badge bearing another's name, will be barred from exhibiting at future events.

Note: No one under the age of 14 is permitted in the exhibit hall during non-event hours, including set-up and tear down.

Work passes for labor assisting with setup or tear down must pick up a worker pass at the Fern Service Desk at the back of the exhibit hall or at the AmericanHort onsite office in room D180. 

The following is a list of Cultivate approved vendors:

• Maritz Global Events: registration, housing, and lead retrieval partner

1. Safeguard your communications by whitelisting Cultivate@Maritz.com

• Fern: service contractor/show decorator (OneView portal)
• Map Your Show: event software provider and online show directory sales
• Bartha: audio-visual partner 

Click here for additional details. Please call us if you have any questions.