(Online Dating Industry Journal) Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. has just announced its eleventh Internet Dating Conference, to be held on January 15-16, 2007 in Miami at the Miami Beach Convention Center. It is the 4th Annual Online Personals Convention to be held in Miami, FL.
The 4th Annual Conference and expo will focus on management, technology and marketing for the industry. Mobile dating, cultural marketing, event planning, metrics, advertising strategies and software will be discussed at this event. Several market analysts will discuss and debate the actual market size of the industry.
I was having a chat the other day with a gentleman in the industry and I asked if he and his company goes to the iDate conferences. He said no. I asked why and he said "because the big one is held in Miami every year. If they want everyone to participate, they should rotate locations like other industry shows do."
We chatted a bit more about it and concluded that iDate should alternate between Miami and California (or Vegas) every year in order to reach more people. We're talking about the big annual expo, not their smaller focused shows (i.e. the upcoming Background Checks event in San Francisco). For people in the dating industry in California (of which there are a lot), travelling all the way to Miami every year gets tiredsome. I know some West coast dating industry people who have stopped going because it's not closer.
Posted by: Joe Tracy | May 02, 2006 at 10:49 AM
9 hour+ flight to maimi because of all the stop overs.
I can fly to europe easier.
Posted by: Markus | May 08, 2006 at 09:16 PM
If they want everyone to participate, they should rotate locations like other industry shows do."
Posted by: Juno888 | June 14, 2007 at 11:02 PM