TPIE 2009

-Exhibitor Alert 02/02/08
TPIE knows that exhibitors have recently received invitations (their form appears to be an online directory listing service for the show, but it is not) from FAIR GUIDE (owned by CONSTRUCT DATA) for listings in its guide at the exhibitors' expense. Please be aware that the FAIR GUIDE and the company CONSTRUCT DATA have no connection with FNGLA or TPIE. You should exercise due diligence and care with respect to any third-party offers so as to avoid possible unwarranted and/or unnecessary financial commitments. Construct Data Publishers has been investigated for misleading business practices related to Fair Guide in several European countries. FNGLA has asked them to cease mailing their forms to our exhibitors; they have decided to continue the mailings. Please contact the FNGLA office if you have any questions about whether a company is an authorized partner of FNGLA or TPIE.  It has been reported that Construct Data has been using legal threats and may be trying to enforce a contract in the courts. A new discussion list has been developed specifically for those in dispute with Construct Data. It is a discussion list where anyone can post a comment. To join, e-mail stopcd-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. A new Web site located at www.stopecg.org/construct_data_fairguide.htm has been developed as well. At this site you can write detailed letters of complaint.

-Exhibitor Alert 05/16/08
Similar to the Austrian Construct Data form is a new offer received from Expo Guide from Mexico. Neither of these companies are associated with FNGLA or the TPIE show. We advise all exhibitors to look closely at any form before signing and obligating your company. See www.stopecg.org/expo-guide.htm as well.

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The Broward County Convention Center is located on Port Everglades and, as with ports across the country, is under extra security. As you drive onto the port you will be required to stop at a security check point. Trucks with trailers or box trucks may be searched at these check points. If you are driving a truck with freighted items (including plants) you are encouraged to have a bill of lading to present if requested. This will expedite getting through the check point.

EVERYONE entering the port and the convention center must have a photo id, such as a driver’s license. This means everyone in the vehicle, not just the driver. The enforcement of this rule is very strict.