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estimating budgets
Management just asked me for an estimate of the costs to add a new show to our calendar. I need to come up with a total-show cost estimate - and fast!

Multiple industry surveys have shown that exhibit-space rental accounts for roughly one-third of an exhibitor's total-show costs. So simply multiply the cost of the exhibit-space rental at the proposed show by three. For example, if space rental is $30,000, then your estimated budget for the show would be $90,000.

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