Warning! Beware of Fairguide

FAIRGUIDE.COM / CONSTRUCT DATA VERLAG / EXPO-GUIDE

The organisers of Pro2Pac would like to state that Fairguide.com/Construct Data Verlag  and Expo Guide is in no way connected with Pro2Pac, any of the Pro2Pac's printed material, the Pro2Pac website or any other Reed Exhibition shows.  We do not endorse "Fair Guide" or "Expo Guide”.

Fairguide.com/Construct Data Verlag is an Austrian-based organisation that regularly publicises services to exhibitors at events, primarily in Europe. This company is targeting the publishing community for entries in a ‘fair catalogue’ using on occasion the Reed Exhibitions' company name and the Pro2Pac brand name. We would like to bring to your attention that Reed Exhibitions is in no way connected to this company or to their products.

The company use a form, which resembles an organiser's free catalogue listing service, inviting exhibitors to sign and return the form for an entry in an on-line directory, which contracts the purchaser into the three-year, non-retractable agreement.

In February 2007, the lawsuit by the Austrian authorities against Construct Data came to a successful conclusion and Construct Data agreed not only to cease the mailing of misleading contracts to the EU, Switzerland and EWR (affiliate states of the EU such as Liechtenstein) but also to cancel their demands for money against all companies who signed in error and dispute the contracts. 

Another, more recent, example of third parties contacting exhibitors for entries into show guides is "Expo-Guide" based in Mexico.  Again, like Construct Data they are using misleading forms containing our exhibition names and demanding monies from those who sign in error. 

Information and guidance on dealing with Expo-Guide can also be found on the AEO website.  StopECG, who are co-ordinating a campaign against such scams, are recommending that people who have been misled complain to the Mexican authorities.  Again, Reed Exhibitions is in no way connected with Expo-Guide.

For further updated information, please check the web site of the Association of Event Organisers (a trade association of which we are a member), at www.aeo.org.uk.

For information on the Official Pro2Pac Directory and Official Pro2Pac Show Guide, to which exhibitor entries are free of charge, please contact the Pro2Pac team on Tel: +44 (0)20 8271 2170 or by email to pro2pac.helpline@reedexpo.co.uk.

For advertising opportunities in the official Pro2Pac Catalogue, please contact
John Kinsella
Event Guides
Tel: +44 (0)1768 775100
Email: 
pro2pac@eventguides.co.uk

The following information may help you:
(Please be aware, some of the following pdf's are very large and may take time to download)

Example of old Fairguide form
Example of new Fairguide form 
Guidance as to what to do if approached by Fairguide
A standard response letter for exhibitors to use if approached by Fairguide
Example of Expo-Guide Form

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