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One
of the primary things the Neus
wanted to do was make their show
much more affordable so a lot
more people would be able to attend.
To that end they managed to get a
$109 a night room rate at the
beautiful Pier 66 Hotel for
September show attendees and have
dramatically lowered registration
fees which start as low as $499
with discounted group rates and free
admissions for sponsors and
speakers.
Above:
A ground level view of the Hyatt
Regency Pier 66 Hotel in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida where THE
Domain Conference will be held September
27-29, 2015 (with pre-show
cabana networking starting September
26).
Below:
A spectacular view of the area surrounding
the hotel taken from the revolving
meeting room at the top of the Pier
66 Hotel. (Photos courtesy
of Barbara Neu).
Despite
the low cost to attend, THE Domain
Conference will still be providing full
lunches and parties, along
with increased networking
opportunities with the return of
Speed Networking putting more
people face to face with other
domain investors, service providers
and operators of gTLD registries and
registrars.
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Colin
Campbell, Jeff Sass and
the team at .CLUB
(winner of T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s 2014 Best
New gTLD Award), who have
proven to be ingenious
marketers, are so convinced
the Neus have come up with a
wining formula they have
already signed on as the Premiere
Sponsor for THE Domain
Conference. While the
show has the .com version of
their name, .CLUB's role is
reflected in the official URL
for the inaugural show - THEDomainConference.CLUB. |
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For
those who can't wait to see the new
conference venue in person, those
who will be in South Florida next
week will have a golden opportunity
to do so. As we reported last
week, the South
Florida Domain Pros
trade association will be holding a
meeting at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66
on Thursday evening, February 26
starting at 6:30pm. While it
is designed to be a regional event,
several industry people from locales
across the country will be there. We
will be among them and will share a
close up look at the new venue with
you after we get a chance to explore
the premises.
One
last note about THE Domain
Conference - the capitalized letters
in the new name are there for
emphasis but they could also be an
acronym. There isn't an official one but given the show's South
Florida location we are already
thinking of it as the Tropical
Haven for Entrepreneurs.
Acronym or not, THE Domain
Conference in many ways represents
the Neus coming full circle.
When they started T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
with Mr. Schwartz it was the
first and only domain conference in
the world - literally THE
domain conference. With
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. now a part of our
industry's brief but rich history,
it seems fitting that if anyone was
going to use the name, it would be
the people who helped start it
all.
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