Hayley Parker responses from people who honestly thought he was
best…” Ned Jones
“Obviously the Vapouround Awards are always the
Gordon Stribling
“Retro Specs launched their e-liquid at last May’s Vaper
Expo and they had 3D glasses that you put on and a
cinema stand. They had all these mannequins and it
was like an ‘80s/90s VHS kind of theme, it was really
cool.”
Kyle Bednall
“Going on stage with Professor Green and giving away
all the free goodies; and throwing them all out to the
crowd, that was really good.”
James Parnell
“Organising and seeing the Vapouround Club Cup
stand come together.”
Josh Tysoe
“People have always got some wacky stuff, like money
grabbing machines and giveaways on stage.”
Róisín Delaney
“One of the stand out Vaper Expo moments for me so
far happened last May when Professor Green took over
the Vapouround stand. It was mental! October’s show
was equally as exciting. We had the Vapouround Club
Cup, which saw top names competing against each
other on a massive over-the-top screen, it was genius.
I took a selfie with the Gordon Ramsay look-a-like and
posted it to my Instagram story and got a bunch of
the real thing. I never let up the act either.”
“What actually separates the Vaper Expo from a lot of
shows is that there is a good presence of hardware and
Chinese manufacturers who are sorely missing from
a lot of shows. You go to other shows and it’s just all
e-liquid. So the Vaper Expo has a lot more hardware
than other shows, even the big US shows don’t have
anywhere near as much hardware.”
Connor Leach
“When Lik Juice first launched at the Vaper Expo in
October 2015, we basically just did a huge stand and a
big event where we did the official launch of the brand,
we did loads of little bits and bobs. We created a big
candyland, like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
sort of scenery, and it went down really well.”
Carly Leach
“It’s always good to catch up with old friends and see
people who exhibit year after year, but it’s nice as well
to see all the new companies coming out, new hardware
that’s on the market, new innovative ideas; and people
just go big and showcase all of their new products.”
Aadil Popat
“I’ve only been to one Vaper Expo but I think my
favourite bit was meeting everyone from across the
whole industry and getting to see all the different ideas
coming together.”
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