Resource Gallery

This vendor exposition, held at each of CHART's semi-annual conferences, is the only real venue that CHART has for promotion to members.

The Resource Gallery is for member recommended companies only, so the members are sure to be meeting only companies that their peers have used and highly recommend. If a potential participant company is working with any CHART member companies, we would be happy to contact the member for a recommendation. The benefit to the vendor is the opportunity to meet with and showcase their materials to 150-350 trainers in the hospitality industry in a friendly, fun and personal setting. We select companies for this event whose products and services are needed by the attendees, and whose target market are the training professionals they will meet. We want both member and vendor to benefit significantly from the event, so we have designed the Resource Gallery to allow us to hand-pick vendors whose services and products are sought by our members.

The Resource Gallery is held from approximately 3:00-6:00 p.m. during a cocktail reception and social gathering the second day of the February/March and July/August conferences. Space in the Resource Gallery is limited to approximately 25 vendors to ensure that we maintain the intimate atmosphere that has made this event so beneficial and effective for both the vendors and our members.

The cost is $2,500 to participate in the Winter conference, and $3,500 to participate in the larger Summer conference. Participants in the vendor fair have found the event to be extremely effective and cost efficient due to the targeted audience that they meet in a brief period of time. Because the event is less than 3 hours, vendors save significantly on the expense of manning a booth for several days, while most of the 150-350 people they meet are qualified buyers.

Participating vendors are considered a CHART "supporter" for the following year, with their company description appearing in the conference binder and their website linked on CHART's website for one year as a "Recommended Resource" as 1 of only 25 companies whose products and services CHART recommends. Each time an industry professional comes to our site seeking materials, he or she would be further directed to the vendor's site.

For further information on the CHART Resource Gallery, contact the CHART office at 800.463.5918 or e-mail chart@chart.org.