2024 Ballot

The ballot is draw by an independent adjudicator from Barnes Roffe, the MTA’s accountants and auditors, who ensure that the draw is conducted without bias.

The draw panel is made up of:

• Mr Chris Pockett, Chairman of the Exhibition Committee
• Mr James Selka, MTA CEO
• Mr Ian Field, MD of the Adfield Group, Exhibition Operations Director
• Mr James Fudge, MTA Head of Opereations
• Miss Nicola Harrison, MACH Project Manager

The Adjudicator and any entrants in the draw who wish to witness the process are also in attendance.

Yes, any entrant in the ballot is entitled to attend– please notify nharrison@mta.org.uk in advance if you wish to do so.

For 2024 the facility to join the meeting remotely will also be available.

If none of the choices submitted on your form are available, the one of 2 things will happen:

• If you have booked a stand in a non-ballot area, then you will retain that stand and no further action will be taken.
• If you do not have a stand on the plan already then, the draw panel will allocate you a stand based on the information at their disposal including size/dimension/location of the submitted choices, zone layout and of course, experience!

We aim to email all entrants with a copy of the plan and details of their allocation within 48hrs of the draw.

If you have any concerns about your allocated stand please contact us immediately and we will do our best to help.

Loyalty points are awarded based on the number of MACH exhibitions you have attended in the past up to a maximum of 5.

The last 6 shows are considered when calculating loyalty points so companies missing one show are not penalised.