UK – Event organiser Quartz Business Media and the Thai venue BITEC have picked up a do-it-yourself registration package from World Registration Systems (WRS).
WRS’s Regibox solution was developed to overcome registration and onsite costs for events of around 1,500 attendees; one of the highest capital outlays associated with running such events.
Quartz, the company that bought the majority of DMG World Media’s UK events business in August, has signed a deal to use WRS’s Regibox for its smaller exhibitions, such as North African Coatings Congress, and Oils and Fats Turkey.
The Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) has also purchased the solution in a move hoped to extend its in-house capabilities for smaller events.
“We have already had enquiries from the likes of UBM and Reed, both internationally and from within the UK,” says WRS MD Julian Temple, adding that he is currently in talks with a number of PCOs. “It’s more cost-effective for conferences and smaller exhibitions than engaging a full service registration company.”
Temple says WRS originally developed the package in response to demand from clients running conferences or exhibitions where the size of the event does not warrant the cost associated with outsourcing for registration services.
