Island Stand

What is an island stand?

An island booth is a type of trade show booth that is open on all four sides. Thus, it is located on the trade show floor like an island, so to speak.

A trade show is the perfect opportunity for you to showcase your organization to your customers, potential customers and other peers. If you choose to participate in a particular trade show, you probably have a particular goal in mind. These might include increasing your brand awareness, acquiring new customers or presenting a new product line.

All of these goals call for a customized trade show participation. This involves a number of choices that can be gone through step by step. To begin with making the choice of trade show and then the booth location and corresponding type of booth.

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An island booth at the trade show

With an island booth, you can certainly make an impression at a trade show. This is because this stand type is easily visible from all angles and provides ample space to exhibit things, place displays and give demonstrations. Often the island stands at a trade show are the larger ones in between. For this reason, it is often a market leader or an organization that really wants to show itself to the maximum at the fair.

If there is still any doubt about the type of exhibition stand, we are happy to help you make an appropriate choice. Moreover, we specialize in modular exhibition stands, which means that we can realize your exhibition stand in different formats without losing its recognizability.

Creative in design

Island stands usually require more creativity in design, the standard shapes do not apply here. For example, the pantry or storage area cannot be in a corner, as is often the case with other trade show booths. The strength of an island booth is that it is visible from all angles, and that should not be limited by the booth layout. Our team of designers is ready to design and furnish your trade show booth to meet your every need.

By making a big impact with an island booth, you can set your organization apart from the rest. And thus leave a lasting impression. It is common for a large eye-catcher to be hung above the exhibition stand, especially above an island stand. This increases visibility.

Often the run-up to this type of booth is high, because it is surrounded by aisles and thus accessible from all sides. Because of this advantage, the island booth is very popular with trade show exhibitors. So be there on time!

Van den Ban's island stand

Van den Ban Car tires at The Tire in Cologne. The Tire is the largest international exhibition when it comes to tires, wheels and rims. So for industry players, this is the fair to showcase yourself to all the international visitors coming to this fair.

For them it was very important to stand out among all their competitors and to have an appealing booth, which also included a cozy hospitality area. Within their island booth of 190 square meters, we provided a bar with hospitality area, a place where products are displayed and a number of eye catchers and screens for content.

Island stand with corners

Earlier we said, an island stand has four open sides on which one can access the stand. This is not always true. While there are always four sides of the booth that one can see, there is not always a way to enter the booth everywhere. As in the case of Van Den Ban, a closed corner was chosen for storage, among other things. This corner was used in the exhibition stand to place the bar against with the storage as a back wall for also a screen.

The other sides of the booth are easily accessible, which also gives this island booth a very open and inviting atmosphere.

Product presentations

At Van Den Ban Autobanden, the presentation of their products is obviously number one. It is important for them to be able to show many of their products to the trade show visitor. And not just through a screen or in a brochure, but in real life. So that people can see and feel the differences.

We placed the product displays at the edge of the booth so that even trade show visitors who are not at the booth can see and touch them. By the way, this is also a way to get visitors to the booth. If someone shows interest in a product, you can invite them to the booth for a chat and so on.

The Island Stand from Publishing House

Publisher Zwijsen’s exhibition stand at the 2023 NOT education fair, was a stand no less than 195 square meters in size. One of the largest stands at this fair.

Zwijsen is a publishing company and using their new products and different learning methods, islands were created to demonstrate and explain a few things. A short demonstration, an interactive powerpoint and conversations with a specialist is what was offered at the booth. Visitors learned more about the respective spearheads in this way.

As can be clearly seen in the pictures, a large tree has been placed in the middle of the island booth of Publishing House Zwijsen. This tree forms the centerpiece of the booth and also provides recognition for the fair visitors.

 

Interaction at the trade show booth

Your organization chooses to participate in a trade show with a particular goal in mind. It may be to promote a new product or service, brand awareness, gain new customers or to network with industry specialists. Whatever your goal, it is always important to connect with people here.

In the case of Zwijsen, they seek contact with the fair visitor. The education professional who visits the NOT that takes place only once every three years and had to skip an edition due to corona.

To attract education professionals to their island stand, a number of facets were employed. For example, a big eye catcher was used: the tree in the middle of the island. But not only that. Adequate booth staffing and a mascot were employed so that contact could be made with each booth visitor, to discover their interests. There are, for example, many interactive screens present at all the spearheads, so that people can also use these themselves.

Each booth visitor also received a goodie, namely a large shopper bag that included a new read-aloud book. And finally, an item that is also doing well among many audiences: a photobooth.

Why choose an island stand?

This type of booth is very popular among trade show attendees, and for good reason, of course! The island booth has many advantages, which can ensure good traffic at the booth, allowing you to achieve your exhibition goals. As mentioned earlier, such a stand can be reached from any angle, making it very approachable for the trade show attendee to enter your booth.

Moreover, island stands are often larger exhibition stands of companies that would like to stand out at a particular exhibition and impress their target audience. And of course you can always opt for another type of exhibition stand such as a corner stand, floor stand, intermediate stand or head stand.

Are you looking for an organization that can create a new stand concept for you in which all your wishes are creatively fulfilled? Then we would like to invite you to meet with us to spar together about your next trade show participation.


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