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South Barrington, IL · August 13, 2026

eShow and PAI
Announce Partnership


eShow powers the event technology. PAI powers the revenue.
Together, they help associations get more from both.


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Profitable Association Inc.

After Years of Working Side by Side, eShow and Profitable Association, Inc. Formalize Strategic Partnership

eShow powers the event technology. PAI powers the revenue.
Together, they help associations get more from both.

SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL — August 13, 2026 — eShow and Profitable Association, Inc. (PAI) today announced a strategic partnership serving associations that run exhibit and sponsorship revenue programs.

For years, eShow and PAI have worked alongside one another in support of many shared association clients, building a track record of collaboration, referrals, and mutual success. The new agreement formalizes that relationship and creates new opportunities to deliver even greater value together.

The partnership brings together eShow’s proven event technology and PAI’s revenue expertise to create new opportunities for mutual association clients. PAI will also join the eShow Solutions Network, eShow’s group of vetted partners serving the association market.

“We have been working alongside the PAI team for years, and we have seen how professionally they operate,” said Raju Patel, Founder and CEO of eShow. “Exhibit and sponsorship revenue is crucial for association success and where there is a considerable gap for many. Making this official means clients can get the technology and the sales expertise without having to assemble it themselves.”

eShow has built its platform around association and trade show event needs and workflows since 1996, and PAI has spent 25 years inside association governance, member, sponsor, and exhibitor relationships. The partnership connects how revenue opportunities get created, sold, managed, and fulfilled, so association teams can grow those programs without building internal infrastructure to support them.

Both organizations arrived at the same conviction independently: technology and strategy are only as strong as the people behind them. Each is known for staying close to its clients, working alongside association staff rather than at arm’s length, and treating someone else’s event as something they have a stake in.

“We become an extension of our association clients—seeing their events through the eyes of their teams, members, and unique cultures,” said Patrick Wilson, President of PAI. “Years of working alongside eShow have shown us that they share our people-first approach, pairing powerful technology with responsive service. Together, we help associations achieve exceptional event experiences, growth, and greater member value.”

Both teams will be at ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Indianapolis, August 15 through 18. eShow is in Booth 425 and PAI is in Booth 412. Association professionals interested in the partnership are welcome to stop by either booth.

The organizations will also collaborate on joint thought leadership beginning with a webinar for association professionals, with additional co-marketing initiatives to follow.

About eShow
eShow has been building event management technology since 1996, on a single codebase and a single database. The platform connects registration, exhibition and sponsorship management, conference and speaker management, mobile app, onsite tools, and more into one system, backed by a team that stays engaged through the entire event cycle. eShow serves associations, trade shows, and corporate events, and remains founder-led under CEO Raju Patel. Learn more at goeshow.com.

About Profitable Association, Inc.
For more than 25 years, Profitable Association, Inc. (PAI) has helped associations maximize non-dues revenue through expert exhibit, sponsorship, partnership, advertising, and media sales. Working as an extension of association staff, PAI manages the full sales lifecycle—from strategy and pricing to outreach, follow-up, and renewals—to build sustainable revenue programs, strengthen partner relationships, and drive measurable growth year after year. Learn more at profitableassociation.com.

Media Contacts:

Sarah Varner
Vice President of Marketing
sarah.varner@goeshow.com

Patrick Wilson
President
pwilson@paisales.com

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August 13, 2026 by

eShow Kinective

eShow Introduces eShow Kinective

eShow Introduces eShow Kinective, Fueled by New RFID and NFC Solutions, Turning Attendee Behavior Into Insight Organizers Can Act On

eShow Kinective reveals what attendees actually do at an event, combined with the eShow integrated database — and meaningfully suggests what's worth acting on. Rolling out in Q4 2026.

SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL — August 7, 2026 — eShow is introducing eShow Kinective, a new analytics and insights dashboard that reveals what attendees actually do at an event, leveraging data collected by our new RFID and NFC technology launching alongside it. Together they close a long-standing gap for event organizers — the difference between knowing who registered and understanding what attendees did throughout the event.

eShow has tackled the RFID challenges of the past, solving for enablement, collection, and insights.

On enablement, the RFID/NFC chip is built directly into the badge and matched to the attendee record automatically as it prints with eShow proprietary technology — no extra step, and no slowdown at check-in, avoiding the bulky tags and association bottlenecks that have soured organizers on RFID before. With our Express Check-In or Express Entry kiosks, attendees can have their badge in hand in as little as five seconds.

On collection, eShow’s onsite RFID, NFC, and Lead Retrieval technology gathers how attendees move through the event: session attendance and dwell times, floor traffic, and booth and sponsor activation engagement.

The unparalleled insights come together in eShow Kinective, our integrated analytics and insights dashboard. Because the badge activity is collected on the same eShow platform and database as registration, sessions, exhibits, and sponsorship, Kinective has the context necessary to go deep and mine for rich insights via our rules engine and AI analysis. It reads across the full picture, flags the patterns most worth an organizer’s attention, and suggests specific actions to consider next — which sessions held the room with minimum abandonment, where the gaps are between what attendees intended and what they actually did, and what’s worth a closer look before the next event. Organizers decide based on what attendees did, not on what the statistically few who answered a survey said.

“Event data has always tended to sit still — organizers generate an enormous amount of it, yet most of that potential never goes anywhere. The industry has sold RFID for years without solving the real problem, which is turning all that data into something usable without requiring significant additional investment, data warehouses, or massive spreadsheets to cobble together reports. Kinective finally sets it in motion, built on the single-database architecture eShow has had since day one,” said Raju Patel, Founder and CEO of eShow.

RFID/NFC solutions and eShow Kinective are rolling out for Q4 2026 events. eShow will show Kinective publicly for the first time during a live session on Wednesday, August 12 at 1 PM CT, alongside Express Entry, the company’s opt-in facial credentialing solution now in production. Register here.

About eShow

eShow has been building event management technology since 1996, on a single codebase and a single database. The platform connects registration, exhibition and sponsorship management, conference and speaker management, mobile app, onsite tools, and more into one system, backed by a team that stays engaged through the entire event cycle. eShow serves associations, trade shows, and corporate events, and remains founder-led under CEO Raju Patel. Learn more at goeshow.com.

Media Contact
Sarah Varner
Vice President of Marketing
sarah.varner@goeshow.com

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August 7, 2026 by

eShow and Wicket Partnership

eShow and Wicket Announce Partnership

eShow Introduces Express Entry, a New Facial
Credentialing Experience for Event Check-In

Integration brings opt-in facial authentication to eShow's onsite check-in,
delivering a faster, frictionless alternative to traditional check-in

South Barrington, IL — March 18, 2026 — eShow, a leading provider of event management solutions for associations and independent show organizers, and Wicket, the leading facial authentication platform provider for live events, today announced a strategic partnership that introduces eShow Express Entry—an opt-in facial credentialing experience that streamlines event check-in.

Express Entry gives attendees who choose to participate a faster alternative to traditional check-in. During advance registration, attendees are offered the option to enroll. At the event, enrolled attendees simply approach a check-in station, are authenticated in less than a second, and retrieve their badge from the adjacent printer.

eShow’s existing Express Check-In system already credentials attendees in approximately eight seconds—a record-breaking pace in the events industry. Express Entry builds on that foundation, giving organizers an even faster check-in option for their events.

“For 30 years, eShow has focused on elevating the attendee experience—and check-in is often the first impression attendees have onsite. eShow Express Entry gives events a faster check-in option while staying true to attendee choice and trust. Partnering with Wicket helps our customers deliver that smoother arrival experience to their attendees,” said Raju Patel, Founder and CEO of eShow.

“Wicket is focused on enabling sensational event experiences,” said Glenn Borgmann, head of partnerships at Wicket. “Partnering with a leading event management platform like eShow allows event managers to streamline event check-in so attendees can spend less time in line and more time enjoying the event.”

Participation is entirely voluntary, and traditional check-in options like barcode scanning and manual lookup remain available at all times. Wicket’s technology generates and uses encrypted biometric templates for authentication—mathematical representations of facial features, not images. No biometric data is ever processed without explicit consent, and data is never shared with or sold to third parties.

Express Entry reduces staffing pressure at check-in, keeps lines moving during peak arrival periods, and transforms check-in into a welcoming moment for attendees.

eShow Express Entry is expected to make its live debut at an event later this spring, with additional rollouts planned throughout 2026.

Learn more about Express Entry →

About eShow

Founded in 1996, eShow provides powerful, customizable web-based solutions for event organizers, including registration management, conference management, exhibit management, mobile apps, lead retrieval, and onsite services. With a global clientele of over 1,900 organizations and seamless experiences delivered for more than 6,000,000 attendees worldwide, eShow has spent 30 years helping event professionals streamline operations and elevate the attendee experience. Learn more at goeshow.com.

About Wicket

Wicket (www.wicketsoft.com) is a computer vision technology company headquartered in Doylestown, PA. Wicket develops and delivers software products that enable a sensational event experience for some of the largest sports and credentialed venues. With a portfolio of issued and pending patents, Wicket’s Facial Authentication platform includes products for facial ticketing, credentialing, access control, and payments.

Media Inquiries:

eShow
Sarah Varner
VP of Marketing
sarah.varner@goeshow.com

Wicket
press@wicketsoft.com

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March 17, 2026 by

eShow and Bear Analytics Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Powerful Unified Event Intelligence

eShow and Bear Analytics Announce Partnership

eShow and Bear Analytics Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Powerful Unified Event Intelligence

Collaboration empowers event organizers with robust management technology and actionable analytics

South Barrington, IL & Arlington, VA – August 6, 2025 – eShow, a leading provider of event management solutions, and Bear Analytics, the event industry’s premier data analytics platform, today announced a strategic partnership designed to equip event professionals with an integrated solution that spans both event execution and actionable event insights.

This partnership brings together eShow’s robust suite of planning and execution tools with Bear Analytics’ flagship platform, Bear IQ, to deliver a seamless experience for event organizer’s leadership, from registration and session management to real-time reporting and long-term strategic planning. Clients of both companies will benefit from a new level of visibility into attendee engagement behavior, revenue trends and forecasts, and event performance metrics, enabling them to make more timely, more informed decisions that drives growth and maximizes ROI on marketing spend.

“We’re excited to collaborate with Bear Analytics to bring a new dimension of intelligence and actionable insights to the event lifecycle,” said Raju Patel, CEO and Founder of eShow. “By integrating Bear IQ with our platform, we’re giving our clients the power to not only manage their events efficiently, but also to rapidly understand what’s working, what’s not, and how to continuously elevate the attendee experience.”

“This partnership is about taking advantage of the great value available through data that historically goes untapped,” said Joe Colangelo, CEO and Co-Founder of Bear Analytics. “Together with eShow, we’re closing the loop between event planning, execution, and insight – offering organizers a holistic,  end-to-end view of their event performance and the tools to act on it.”

The integration enables users to easily pull data from eShow’s ecosystem into Bear IQ dashboards and reports, making it simple to monitor key performance indicators such as y-o-y registration trends, exhibitor and sponsorship revenue, attendee engagement, session attendance, and more—all in real time and without the need for manual uploads or fragmented data sources.

This partnership reflects a shared vision between eShow and Bear Analytics: to empower event organizers with the tools and intelligence they need to plan, grow, and deliver meaningful, high-impact events.

This joint offering is now available. Current clients of either company are encouraged to reach out to their account representative to learn more about how they can activate the integration.

About eShow
eShow provides powerful web-based solutions for event organizers, including registration, mobile apps, conference management, exhibit management, and more. For over 25 years, eShow has helped thousands of clients streamline their event processes and deliver exceptional experiences. Learn more at www.goeshow.com.

About Bear Analytics
Bear Analytics is a data intelligence company transforming how event organizers harness and act on their data. Its proprietary platform, Bear IQ, centralizes data from across the event ecosystem – giving event professionals a single pane of glass to improve performance, boost engagement, and accelerate growth.  Learn more at www.bearanalytics.com.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions: Your Guide to eShow’s Event Management Solutions

Planning and executing successful events takes more than just technology. It requires a combination of the right tools, strategic support, and a partner who understands how to keep everything running smoothly. eShow offers complete event management solutions designed to help planners save time, improve efficiency, and deliver better outcomes. Below are answers to the most frequently asked questions about how eShow can help you manage your events with greater confidence and control.

1. What are event management solutions and how does eShow support them?

Event management solutions refer to the full set of tools and services used to plan, organize, and manage events from start to finish. eShow provides customizable modules that cover registration, exhibitor, tradeshow, and sponsorship management, mobile event apps, virtual platforms, and post-event reporting. Each module is designed to work together as one complete system.

2. How does eShow help reduce check-in times and improve the arrival experience?

With on-demand badge printing and digital check-in tools, eShow helps eliminate long lines and delays at the registration desk. Guests can check in quickly, and planners gain real-time visibility into arrivals. These solutions help create a smooth and professional first impression.

3. How can eShow help me better manage exhibitors and sponsors?

Managing your exhibit hall should feel efficient and rewarding, not overwhelming. eShow’s exhibitor management system makes it easy to create and update your floor plan, manage booth sales, and keep everything organized in one place. The intuitive interface simplifies booth assignments and gives you a clear view of availability in real time. Exhibitors and sponsors can update their own profiles and materials, reducing the back-and-forth and freeing up your time. Built-in tools like lead capture and post-event reporting help you demonstrate value and build stronger relationships year after year.

4. Why does a reliable lead capture tool matter?

Because it directly impacts how your exhibitors measure success. When lead capture works seamlessly, exhibitors can focus on real conversations instead of juggling paperwork or worrying about missed opportunities. eShow’s lead capture tools ensure that every scan counts, with real-time notes, lead scoring, and easy data exports that streamline follow-up. The result is a smoother experience for your exhibitors and stronger ROI that keeps them coming back.

5. How does eShow’s mobile event app improve attendee engagement and event experience?

They make it easier for participants to connect, explore, and take action. eShow’s mobile event app puts schedules, maps, and personalized agendas at attendees’ fingertips, helping them navigate your event with ease. Features like real-time push notifications, live polling, and in-app messaging keep engagement high throughout the day. Paired with tools like digital check-in, lead capture, and real-time updates, you create a connected experience that keeps everyone informed, involved, and ready to return.

6. Can I integrate eShow with my current systems?

Yes. eShow integrates with a wide range of systems, including AMS, CRMs, payment gateways, marketing platforms, and more. Our team works closely with you to keep your data connected and secure without disrupting your existing processes.

7. How does eShow support sustainability in events?

eShow helps planners reduce waste by offering digital alternatives to printed materials. On-demand badge printing, paperless exhibitor kits, and mobile apps all help lower your environmental impact while improving the overall event experience.

8. What makes eShow different from other event platforms?

eShow offers more than software. We combine 26 years of experience with strategic insight and personalized support. Our modular approach allows you to select only the tools you need, while our team works closely with you to configure them for your specific goals. You receive both powerful technology and expert guidance in one solution.

9. How do I know which eShow solutions are right for my event?

Every event has different needs. Whether you are planning a trade show, annual conference, or multi-day hybrid experience, our team will help you identify the tools that best fit your objectives, audience, and budget. We offer scalable solutions tailored to your event size and structure.

10. How do I get started with eShow or request a demo?

You can request a results-driven personalized demo with our event solutions experts. We will guide you through the most relevant features for your event and provide a customized quote based on your needs.



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