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Access a verified, campaign-ready database of meeting planners, event organizers, destination marketing organizations (DMOs), convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), hotels, venues, event technology providers, and hospitality decision-makers attending and exhibiting at Connect Marketplace 2026. Bringing together 3,000+ MICE professionals, the event is one of North America’s leading marketplaces for meetings, conventions, incentives, and business events, featuring curated one-on-one appointments, education, and high-value networking.
Whether you’re looking to schedule pre-event appointments, generate qualified leads, promote hospitality services, recruit meeting planners, or expand your presence in the meetings and events industry, the ExpoLake Connect Marketplace 2026 contact database provides accurate, segmented data to help your team connect with the right buyers and suppliers before, during, and after the event. The reverse-style marketplace is designed to facilitate business through pre-scheduled meetings, educational sessions, and networking experiences that deliver measurable ROI.
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Connect Marketplace 2026 is one of North America’s premier business events for the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry, bringing together meeting planners, event organizers, destinations, hotels, convention centers, venues, event technology providers, and hospitality suppliers for three days of business-focused networking and education. The event is built around a reverse-style marketplace that emphasizes meaningful one-on-one appointments and measurable business outcomes.
Taking place August 24–26, 2026, at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa Bay, Florida, Connect Marketplace welcomes 3,000+ MICE professionals from across the meetings and events industry. Participants engage in curated appointments, educational sessions, keynote presentations, networking events, and professional development programs designed to help buyers and suppliers build long-term partnerships.
Leading destinations, hospitality brands, event service providers, and technology companies showcase solutions for meetings, conferences, conventions, incentives, and corporate events.
Global hotel brands, luxury resorts, boutique properties, conference hotels, and hospitality management companies promoting venues, accommodations, and event services for meetings and conventions.
Convention centers, exhibition halls, unique event venues, sports facilities, entertainment destinations, and cultural attractions showcasing spaces for conferences, trade shows, and special events.
Convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), tourism boards, destination marketing organizations, and regional tourism agencies promoting cities, destinations, and business travel opportunities.
Companies offering event management software, registration platforms, mobile event apps, virtual and hybrid event technology, attendee engagement tools, and meeting analytics solutions.
Destination management companies, event production firms, audiovisual providers, transportation companies, catering services, logistics specialists, and event planning professionals supporting successful meetings and events.
Corporate, association, independent, government, and third-party meeting planners seeking venues, destinations, suppliers, and event solutions for upcoming conferences and business events.
Representatives from convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), destination marketing organizations (DMOs), tourism boards, and economic development agencies promoting meeting destinations and business travel.
Sales directors, general managers, revenue managers, convention services teams, and hospitality professionals representing hotels, resorts, convention centers, and event venues.
Professionals from event technology companies, audiovisual firms, catering services, destination management companies (DMCs), transportation providers, and production agencies supporting meetings and conventions.
Business travel managers, procurement specialists, sourcing professionals, and corporate decision-makers responsible for selecting venues, negotiating contracts, and managing event budgets.
Exhibition organizers, conference producers, venue managers, sponsorship professionals, marketing executives, and event operations specialists building strategic partnerships across the MICE industry
The Connect Marketplace 2026 contact database includes 20+ structured contact, firmographic, and event-industry data fields designed for precise segmentation and role-based targeting across the meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions (MICE), hospitality, tourism, and business travel industries.
Each record provides valuable insight into the individual contact, their professional role, purchasing responsibility, and the organization they represent, enabling highly targeted outreach beyond basic contact information.
Core Data Fields in Our Connect Marketplace 2026 Attendees & Exhibitors List
Reach verified meeting planners, hosted buyers, hotel executives, destination marketing professionals, convention center managers, event suppliers, and hospitality decision-makers actively participating in Connect Marketplace 2026.
Every contact is validated through business email verification, organization checks, professional profile validation, and ongoing quality assurance to provide accurate and reliable B2B data.
Use the Connect Marketplace 2026 database for email marketing, LinkedIn prospecting, appointment scheduling, account-based marketing (ABM), sales campaigns, and post-event engagement.
Each record includes verified job titles, company information, organization type, seniority level, industry segment, geographic location, and business contact details to support personalized outreach.
Build targeted lists by meeting planners, hospitality brands, convention centers, destinations, hotels, event technology providers, company size, buyer type, supplier category, and geographic region.
Receive your Connect Marketplace 2026 attendee and exhibitor database in Excel or CSV format, fully compatible with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, Marketo, and other leading CRM and marketing automation platforms.
Get verified attendee and exhibitor contact lists from past and upcoming event editions worldwide. ExpoLake delivers accurate, segmented B2B contact data covering key decision-makers and exhibiting companies, so your outreach always reaches the right person at the right time.
Before making your investment, request a complimentary preview of the ExpoLake Connect Marketplace 2026 Attendees & Exhibitors Database. This verified contact database includes meeting planners, hosted buyers, convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), destination marketing organizations (DMOs), hotels, resorts, convention centers, event suppliers, hospitality executives, and business event professionals participating in one of the industry’s premier MICE marketplaces.
Every record is verified, segmented, and delivered ready for email marketing, LinkedIn prospecting, appointment scheduling, sales outreach, partnership development, and post-event engagement. Preview the quality of our CRM-ready database before purchasing and discover how ExpoLake helps you connect with qualified buyers, suppliers, and decision-makers across the meetings, events, travel, and hospitality industries.
Connect with verified corporate, association, government, and independent meeting planners actively sourcing venues, hotels, destinations, and event solutions for upcoming programs and conferences.
Begin conversations before Connect Marketplace 2026 starts by scheduling one-on-one meetings, promoting your services, and building relationships with qualified hosted buyers and event professionals.
Reach decision-makers who are actively planning meetings, conventions, incentive trips, and corporate events, helping your sales team shorten the buying cycle and close opportunities faster.
Build relationships with hotels, convention centers, destination marketing organizations, tourism boards, event technology companies, and business travel providers across North America and international markets.
Keep the conversation going after the event with targeted follow-up campaigns, personalized proposals, and ongoing engagement that converts meetings into long-term partnerships.
Maximize every marketing dollar by using a verified database for email campaigns, LinkedIn outreach, account-based marketing, appointment scheduling, CRM nurturing, and multi-channel lead generation before and after Connect Marketplace 2026.
Every contact in the ExpoLake database goes through a structured, multi-step sourcing and verification process before it reaches your team. Here is how we build data you can trust.
Contacts are gathered from trade shows, global directories, e-books, newsletters, and digital publications spanning dozens of industries and regions.
Machine learning fills missing fields, appends firmographic data, and segments contacts by industry, role, company size, and intent signals — automatically.
Every record is cross-checked against our master database and validated via social platforms, public registries, and news sources to confirm authenticity.
Anomalies, duplicates, and stale entries are flagged using statistical models and eliminated. A final manual audit ensures the highest standard of data quality.
A/B-tested opt-in email sequences are deployed to capture and confirm explicit consent, fully aligned with GDPR, CAN-SPAM, and CASL compliance frameworks.
A final tele-verification call confirms all data fields. Only fully validated, consented records are released to the client — clean, compliant, and ready to use.
Yes. Depending on your requirements, the database can include hosted buyers, meeting planners, exhibitors, suppliers, sponsors, and other participating professionals involved in Connect Marketplace 2026.
The database includes professionals from hospitality, tourism, convention centers, destination marketing, corporate events, event technology, business travel, venue management, and meeting planning organizations.
Yes. You can customize your list by country, state, city, region, or destination, allowing you to focus on the markets that align with your business development strategy.
Absolutely. It is an excellent resource for organizations promoting hotels, resorts, convention centers, event venues, destination services, audiovisual solutions, transportation, catering, and event technology.
Yes. The database can be segmented by organization type, job title, department, seniority level, buyer or supplier status, company size, and other business attributes for highly targeted campaigns.
The Connect Marketplace 2026 attendee and exhibitor database is available in Excel (.xlsx) and CSV formats, making it easy to import into Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, and other CRM systems.
