This year’s InfoComm MEA ended its five-day run at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Oct. 18. Exhibitors noted that although the number of visitors was lower than last year’s event, they have had meaningful discussions and relevant contacts at their booths. A total of 12,023 visitors attended the show this year.

Hosny M. Rafaat, business development manager, Salam Media Cast in Doha, Qatar got his clients to meet him at the show. He said, “A lot of my customers have been asking me about the latest digital wireless microphone system. So I arranged to meet with my clients here at the show, to take a look, feel and try out the products, and at the same time discuss how we could integrate this as a solution for their business needs.”

Sharp Middle East FZE also said they had a very good show. Deputy General Manager Marketing (Business Solution Division) Gautam Chakrabarty said: “There was a high level of quality visitors and very relevant crowd. Over the past few days we have had valuable business discussions with the industry and have sold quite a fair bit of our products that are displayed at our stand.”

First-time exhibitor, Prysm, also benefited from its participation. “There has been a steady stream of visitors at our stand, which generated a good amount of high quality leads. We met with the right people from governmental and large scale projects,” said Steve Scorse, Prysm’s VP for Europe, Africa and Middle East.

Event organizer InfoCommAsia Pte Ltd, however, felt this year’s event suffered a little. “We could have had more visitors if not for the hall location, which was not convenient and somewhat disconnected from the GITEX event. To some degree, this helped to act as a filter, sifting through the crowd attending the highly attractive GITEX showcase, to bring only those that were relevant to the AV business,” General Manager Richard Tan commented.

“We will learn from the lessons experienced this year to deliver a better show next year and for future editions of the show,” he added.