Originally Posted by Robbie

What are the reasons over there?

Over here...it's the reasons I gave. The AEE show has just as many fans show up (all walking around asking "Where are the girls"). But only a handful of companies still putting up booths and displaying. Most of those companies that aren't showing up anymore have also shut down production. Was just discussing this the other night over dinner with some of the people in the industry.

But tell me the reasons that the show is smaller now in Europe, since it must be completely different and it has no effect on European shows.

Originally Posted by JFK

There was a faction that split from the Venus show and started their own competing event, this put a dent in the # of exhibitors available, hence the smaller show