Expo organisers praise high-energy NY event

Optical professionals flooded into New York last week for Vision Expo East 2014 at the Javits Convention Centre.

The event, held between March 28-30, featured over 100 first-time exhibitors and was hailed as a success by show organisers.

Reed Exhibitions director of marketing Diane Tiberio said: ‘We came into the 2014 event slightly ahead in terms of pre-registration versus 2013 so we knew we were poised for a very high energy and well-attended event.

‘After day two we were 6 per cent up on last year at that point and the feeling on the show floor is very strong for the overall performance.’