Just one month from today the 10th Anniversary edition of the pioneering T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference will get underway with the 2014 East edition at the historic Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami's South Beach.

After two days of pre-show cabana networking, the conference will officially get underway with the traditional opening night cocktail party at 6pm on Thursday, October 30.  The event continues through Halloween weekend, ending with another traditional event, the Farewell Breakfast on Sunday morning, November 2. In between there will be two special events never seen before at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Rick  Schwartz will be "roasted" at  his final show next month.	Both of those will be held on Halloween, Friday, October 31 - one during the day and one at night. The afternoon event will be a 1pm lunchtime Rick Schwartz Roast in which the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder will be good naturedly grilled by some of his best friends.  Schwartz has already announced that this will be the last T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference he will personally be involved in producing, though the show will go on under the direction of his fellow Co-Founder, Howard Neu. The Roast is bound to give Rick a hilarious send off as he rides into the sunset. There is a good chance the gloves will come off since those on the dais know Rick won't be around to kick them out of future shows!  The Roast alone could be worth the price of admission (and by the way, to get the current registration fee ($1295) before it goes up, you will have to register by 6pm U.S. Eastern Time on Friday (October 3). Hotel rates will also be going up.
The other T.R.A.F.F.I.C. first that you will see at the 10th Anniversary show on October 31 is a Halloween Night Masquerade Ball and Dinner at the Fontainebleau. To give people a major incentive to go all in on this special evening T.R.A.F.F.I.C. will have a Best Costume contest with a $1,000 cash prize and a free ticket to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2015!  We have some very creative people in this business so it will be a lot of fun to see what everyone comes up with. I know my wife Diana is already working on costumes for us, so there is no turning back now :-) Of course the Masquerade Ball and Rick Schwartz Roast are just two of the standout items on a typically jam-packed agenda that will also include the 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Awards on Saturday, November 1. We are looking forward to this landmark event and hope to see you there! Masquerade photo from Bigstock