International Boston Seafood Show Time
International Boston Seafood Show Time
by Ruth Levy
The International Seafood Show starts next week and for those of us who work in Boston this is one of the most hectic weeks of the year. Vendors, customers, booth & day to day business all compete for our time. You wish you had extra hours in the day to fit everything in and you hope to find the time to walk the show in order to satisfy your curiosity regarding what might be new and innovative. There is always something new to see whether it be fish, packaging or marketing ideas.
This is not a stagnant industry. Each year there are new things to see and learn and new connections to make. Our industry is very relationship based and as you walk the aisles of the show you see friends & foes from many years. The first show was held at the Park Plaza Castle and was smaller than the foyer of the current convention center. I was just in the beginning of my seafood career then and met people that I still see and do business with today. My learning curve might have changed over the years, but there are always new insights gleaned from meeting the people you do business with face to face.
It is not just the product that makes this business interesting, but also it is the people you do business with that make this industry an adventure. I look forward to the yearly opportunity to reconnect and I wish all that are attending a good show and a grand adventure!