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<\/p>\nWalking onto the trade show floor at Smart Tan Nashville for the first time is a sensational experience. It\u2019s big, it\u2019s bright, and it\u2019s definitely colorful. It\u2019s packed with the latest in equipment and skincare technology, the biggest names and brightest minds in indoor tanning, and some awe-inspiring displays. It\u2019s really something to see, but if you want to be among the first to get a peak at everything the show floor has to offer any given year, walking isn\u2019t an option \u2013 you\u2019re going to have to run!<\/p>\n
Every year on Saturday when the floor opens for the first time, a crowd gathers outside the doors of the exhibit hall as eager attendees clamor to be among the first ones in. There\u2019s no time to waste when there\u2019s so much to see, contacts to make, and freebies to gather.<\/p>\n
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Sarah Hardy (pictured above) from Perfextions Tanning in Texas has been one of the\u00a0very first to make it onto the trade show floor. As soon as the doors were opened, her and her friends took off running in order to avoid wasting valuable show floor time waiting in line to meet one of their favorite tanning celebrities.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was our first year to go to the convention and we were running to see Snooki and we were the very first to get in line,\u201d Sarah says. \u201cIt was pretty awesome, not going to lie. We were waiting in line [at the door] and we met some people from Nevada, I think, and we all ran together. We were happy to be first because it would have taken all day to stay in line to meet Snooki.\u201d<\/p>\n
Being her first trip to Smart Tan Nashville, Sarah didn\u2019t know what to expect.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had no idea what it was going to look like. I hadn\u2019t really seen pictures and I\u2019d heard about it but I couldn\u2019t really picture it,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a lot more than I\u2019d thought of and I was really impressed. It was really impressive to get such a mass amount of products because you get to try everything and see what you want in your salon.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the real beauty of Smart Tan Nashville. It\u2019s a remarkable experience in itself, but the true value comes from the unique opportunity to see every major tanning lotion, equipment manufacturer, and sunless brand in one place. No other industry event can provide that. And it\u2019s about more than seeing or even trying out the products. Being the biggest indoor tanning event of the year, vendors pull out all the stops to impressive potential clients \u2013 from the extravagant displays, to the fun promotions, to the great show specials they\u2019ll offer. It\u2019s your chance to have companies compete for your business. And it\u2019s also your chance to meet their representatives face-to-face and get a more personal feel of what it will be like to work with that company.<\/p>\n