Lackluster Seybold Draws Few

"We heard over and over again that companies were putting restrictions on travel this year," he says.

While in past years, companies may have sent teams of four or five people to the show, this year many companies were only sending one representative, according to Gable.

"The good news is that the folks that did come tended to be the decision makers and were serious about buying," he remarks. "Many exhibitors got as many sales leads as they normally do. But they did not have the traffic through their booth that they expected."