Vapouround magazine Issue 14 | Page 148

EVENTS PRO BY ROCHELLE WARSOP VAPITALYPRO, ROME. NOVEMBER 4 - 5. With this being my fi rst overseas show, I didn’t quite know what to expect but I was looking forward to the experience. Just a few weeks earlier I had been to Vaper Expo UK, my very fi rst show, and I was excited to fi nd out what this one would be like. My fi rst surprise was that this show was to be held in a hotel rather than the more traditional exhibition hall or conference centre venue. Unlike the Vaper Expo, this was a business to business only event (hence Vapitaly PRO) and it took place at the very sleek Ergife Palace Hotel in Aurelia, Rome. As a result it was a little quieter and far less hectic than the Birmingham expo. The event itself took place at the hotel’s lower-level conference rooms which was very different. It was almost as if there were a number of smaller expos all taking place at the same time. Because it was a business event there was not the loud music of many expos where the aim is to entertain and capture the attention of the public and my colleague commented that this really was not a typical live vape show. The expo took place over two levels and we found a mix 146 | VM14