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title: Trade Shows and Corporate Events Making a Comeback in 2022
description: The trade show industry predicts that travel, events and trade shows will begin to make a comeback in the second half of 2022. Here's what's coming.
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# Trade Shows and Corporate Events Making a Comeback in 2022
Wednesday , 27 April 2022 | [design](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/design), [Events & Exhibits](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/events-exhibits), [graphics and signage](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/graphics-and-signage), [general printing](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/general-printing), [covid-19](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/covid-19), [social distancing](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/social-distancing), [interactive](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/interactive)
Despite the latest COVID variant rearing its ugly head, the trade show industry predicts that business travel, events and trade shows will begin to make a strong comeback in the second half of 2022.
**What will prompt trade show and event growth in 2022?**
- Deloitte [predicts business travel will return](https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/transportation/future-of-business-travel-post-covid.html) to nearly pre-COVID levels during 2022. With it will come [what experts are calling a resurgence](https://www.tsnn.com/news/trade-show-industry-leaders-share-their-predictions-2022%C2%A0) of domestic conferences, events and tradeshows.
- Business still thrives in hands-on, face-to-face environments. Trade shows and conferences create the ultimate opportunity for these in-person interactions with customers, prospects and partners.
**COVID-19 will drive conference and event promoters to innovate**
Even as exhibit spaces are made safer with initiatives like vaccination and testing requirements (and limits on the number of attendees), event planners are also responding to the pandemic in other ways:
- Using aesthetically pleasing barriers, signage and dividers to promote social distancing
- Relying on video in place of hands-on product demonstrations
- Directing attendees to product information via QR codes instead of paper collateral and expanding other digital experiences
*The design of this LumiSpa exhibit draws attendees into the space while still allowing for social distancing.*
**Exhibitors will continue to look to eye-catching designs and graphics to attract visitors**
As trade shows and events ramp up, innovative displays, bold graphics and compelling messages will be as critical as ever. Indeed, all the tried-and-true rules around designing effective displays remain in place. But we suggest that exhibitors also consider these innovative ideas for creating an interactive experience for attendees.
- *Video/selfie walls:* encourage social sharing by giving booth visitors a place to interact with your brand while taking still or video selfies.
- *3D hologram displays:* attract trade show attendees to your exhibit with the help of three-dimensional animated projections that showcase seemingly real objects that appear to be floating in thin air!
- Animated displays: enhance the visitor experience by making it interactive with [augmented reality (AR),](https://www.vomela.com/casestudies/noovie-arcade-display/) touch screens, etc.
- *Greenery walls:* these structures made of living (or faux) plants add beauty and interest to any booth—and they can help express your company’s commitment to initiatives likes sustainability.
- *Multidimensional backdrops:* get more from your booth with backdrops that pop! Draw attention to your space by using unexpected types of materials, shapes and lighting.
- *Statement pieces:* you don't need your entire booth to draw attention. Sometimes, one oversized, statement piece (related to your brand, of course) is enough to draw people in.
- *Dynamic seating:* give tradeshow goers a place to kick back and relax. Take this feature to the next level by offering charging stations that are sure to get prospects into your space.
*Zagg’s exhibit incorporates a clean, open design; video product information; and a pop-up store.*
Need help creating your next exhibit? [Contact us](https://www.vomela.com/contact/) or visit our [Events and Exhibit Gallery](https://www.vomela.com/our-work/project-gallery/) for dozens of innovative ideas.
Apr 27, 2022 |
Topics: [design](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/design), [Events & Exhibits](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/events-exhibits), [graphics and signage](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/graphics-and-signage), [general printing](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/general-printing), [covid-19](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/covid-19), [social distancing](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/social-distancing), [interactive](https://blog.vomela.com/topic/interactive)
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