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Warning to INDEX Exhibitors !
It has been brought to our notice that a company calling themselves ‘Expo-Guide’, based in Mexico, has once again been prospecting previous exhibitors at INDEX, inviting them to ‘update’ their entry in a ‘fair catalogue’.
Palexpo S.A., the organisers of the INDEX exhibition, wish to state that they are not connected with ‘Expo-Guide’, or with any organisation employing similar practices, such as ‘Fairguide.com’/’Construct Data Verlag’. Exhibitor entries in the INDEX 14 printed and on-line catalogues are completely free-of-charge. Palexpo SA is in no way endorses or is connected to these companies or their products.
These companies are using potentially misleading forms containing our exhibition names and demanding monies. These companies use a form resembling an organiser’s free catalogue-listing service, which they invite exhibitors to sign and return for an entry in an on-line directory, which contracts the purchaser into a three-year non-retractable agreement.
Information and guidance on dealing with ‘Expo-Guide’ can be found on the website of the Association of Event Organisers (a trade association of which we are a member) on www.aeo.org.uk
The following website, www.stopecg.org, contains further information on these misleading practices. Furthermore they are co-ordinating a campaign against such scams, recommending that people who have been misled complain to the Mexican authorities.
We strongly advise all exhibitors to be on the look-out for organisations such as these, and not to sign any such form before carefully reading and understanding all the terms contained in the small print.
If you are in any doubt or require any further information regarding INDEX 14, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Beatrice Kaech on beatrice.kaech@palexpo.ch, Tel: +41 22 761 1072
