Trade Show Ideas

Trade show traffic builders in Toronto

Trade show traffic builders for Toronto and the GTA: branded games, prize wheels, claw machines and interactive attractions that stop people in the aisle, hold them long enough for a real conversation, and leave your brand behind.

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Trade Show Ideas: Toronto & the GTA

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We’ve put together a page just for events like yours, full of ideas, inspiration and the rentals that make them unforgettable. Take a look.

Everything below is something we own, deliver and set up ourselves, for trade show ideas across Toronto and the GTA, and beyond.

Branded interactive game attracting visitors to a trade show booth
Trade show traffic builder set up inside a Toronto exhibition booth
Attendees participating in a promotional game at a conference

However you like to work

Two ways to get a quote

Some people want to see every option first. Others would rather hand it over. Both routes end in the same place, a written quote for your trade show ideas, with no obligation.

Route one: browse

You pick, we price it

Best if you already have a sense of what you want, or you just enjoy looking. Everything we own is on the site with photos, detail and sizes.

  • Shortlist anything you like as you go
  • Send the list over when you’re ready
  • We price it and confirm what’s free on your date
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Route two: we plan it

You brief us, we propose

Best if you’d rather not start from a blank page. Tell us the basics and an event specialist builds the recommendation around them.

  • Budget, date, venue and the theme you’re after
  • We come back with a plan built for your space and crowd
  • Change anything you like before you commit
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Before you ask

Good to know

The things people usually check first, answered up front, so you can get on with planning.

01Minimum order
Full-service bookings start at $1,500 + HST. Final pricing scales with your guest count and the services you choose.
02Delivery, setup & strike
We deliver, set up and take everything away again. Delivery is quoted by distance: Toronto and the GTA, the Golden Horseshoe, and Canada-wide when needed.
03Staffing
Games attendants, casino dealers, game-show hosts, bartenders and performers can be added to any booking, as a paid add-on quoted with your package.
04Insurance
We carry a $5,000,000 liability policy and provide certificates of insurance to your venue or building at no cost.
05Custom branding
Our in-house design and print team can add your logo, colours or a full wrap to photo booths, backdrops, casino felts and many of our games. Custom branding is a separate service and carries an additional fee, quoted per item.
06One supplier
500+ rentals and services across 18 categories, so the games, décor, AV, staff and talent all arrive from one team on one invoice.

What Abbey Road brings to your trade show ideas

The experience

  • Show-floor experience at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the Enercare Centre and convention halls across Ontario.
  • Traffic builders that actually hold a crowd: branded arcade games, prize wheels, money machines, photo experiences, LED games and retro cabinets.
  • Custom wraps, digital screen content, branded prizes and themed signage, all produced by our in-house design and print team.
  • We work to move-in and move-out windows, handle delivery, install, staffing and teardown, and keep booth space and power draw in mind when we spec the plan.

The equipment

We own what we rent. Over 500 rentals and services across 18 categories live in our own warehouse, which is why one phone call covers the games, the décor, the AV, the staff and the talent, and why we can tell you on the spot what is available for your date. For a trade show ideas, these are the categories we pull from most:

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How it works

From first call to final pack-out

1

Tell us about your event

Date, venue, headcount and what you want guests to walk away with. A quick call or the quote form is enough to start.

2

We build the plan

An event specialist recommends a mix that suits the space, the crowd and the budget, then sends you a written quote.

3

We deliver and set up

Our own crew brings everything in, installs it and tests it before your doors open.

4

We run it, then strike it

Attendants, dealers and hosts on request. When it’s over, we pack it all out.

Pathway 02: have us plan it

Tell us four things and we’ll design your trade show ideas for you

You don’t have to browse 500 rentals or build your own quote to get started. Send us your budget, your venue, your guest count and the kind of event you’re picturing, and one of our event specialists will come back with a recommended plan built around all four, with pricing.

It is the fastest way to get a real answer, and there is no obligation. Prefer to pick everything yourself? The full collection is always there to browse.

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    Your budget A range is plenty. It lets us put forward a mix that is actually realistic instead of wasting your time.
  • 02
    Your venue The name or address, indoors or out, and anything awkward about the load-in, ceiling height or power.
  • 03
    Your guest count Roughly how many people, and whether that includes partners, clients or kids.
  • 04
    Theme or vibe A theme you have already settled on, or just the feeling you are after: relaxed, competitive, upscale, nostalgic, branded.

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Interactive booth activity designed to increase visitor engagement
Custom-branded trade show rental with prize and contest elements
Exhibition booth featuring games, branding and attendee activities

What people book for trade show ideas

Six of the most-requested categories for this kind of event. Everything below is delivered, set up and taken away by our own crew.

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Arcade Game Rentals

Looking for fun trade show booth activities? Check out our arcade game rentals! Draw people in your direction with some fun trade show booth games, like our Skeeball, or a fun classic Extreme Shot Basketball. Looking for some interactive trade show booth ideas? Create an 80's themed display with our classic arcade cabinets like Pac-Man, Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and several others. All of our games can be fully customized to your brand. Attract visitors to your cool trade show booth display, and have them remembering both your brand and a feeling of a positive experience.

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02

Photo Booth Rentals

Our photo booth rentals are a great way for guests to interact between you and your brand. We have a large variety of unique photo booth rentals that would leave your guests with printed keepsakes. Photo booths are a great way to create an experiential trade show booth. Check out our popular photo booths like our Flipbook Studio, or our Infinite Photo Booth. If you really want to leave your mark on your visitor's memory, ask about our custom backdrops or our custom photo frames.

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03

Promotional & Trade Show

Searching for some fun trade show booth activities? Check out our trade show and promotional rentals for some great interactive games and activities. Attract visitors when you rent one of our money machine rentals. Our top quality Premium Money Machine can be customized and can be a unique way to keep your audience engaged. Some other great trade show booth games include our prize wheels which can be custom branded, and are guaranteed to have viewers stop and spin!

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04

Event Decor

If you are looking for some great trade show booth displays, be sure to check out our top quality event decor rentals. Roll out the red carpet, and really add an elegant entrance to your trade show booth. You can always bring the beach to your booth with our tiki and beach themed rentals! With our beautiful Artificial Palm Trees, Beach Stations, Tiki Bar, and much more, we guarantee visitors will want to join in on the fun. We offer a wide variety of event decor to ensure that you will have an amazing trade show booth display.

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05

Cart Rentals

Our cart rentals are a great way to showcase your brand, and they also greatly enhance a nice trade show booth display. Our Portable Carts can be fully customized to your brand, and can carry your branded merchandise, food concessions, coffee, and much more. Draw visitors into your interactive trade show booth, using our cart rentals. If you are stationed for days at a trade show, make sure to check out our Lockup Kiosk for a hassle free rental.

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Virtual Reality Gaming

Looking for interactive trade show booth ideas? Our virtual reality gaming is a new wave of technology that will surely attract people to your trade show booth. Have your guests experience the virtual world of various games including sports, art creation, racing games, and much more. Some popular virtual trade show booth games include our Race Car Simulator and our Roller Coaster Simulator. Make sure to include the full VR experience to really wow your visitors.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a trade show traffic builder?
Anything that gives someone walking past a reason to stop. A good one interrupts the aisle, holds attention long enough for a real conversation, and leaves your brand behind. Prize wheels, money machines, claw machines, branded arcade games and skill challenges with a leaderboard are the reliable ones.
What are the best trade show booth games?
Branded arcade cabinets for a two to three minute hold, a basketball or high-striker challenge with a leaderboard so people come back on day two, a prize wheel for instant traffic, and a claw machine loaded with your product for sampling that people queue for.
Do you build trade show booths?
No, we supply what goes in the booth. Interactive attractions, branded games, photo activations, signage and backdrops come from us; walls, structures and hanging signs come from a booth builder, and we work alongside them regularly.
How many attractions fit in a booth?
About one per ten feet of frontage. More than that and the aisle jams; fewer and the booth reads as a table with a banner behind it. Send your booth dimensions and we will lay it out.
Can you brand everything for a trade show activation?
Yes. Our in-house design and print team wraps games, prize wheels, backdrops and photo booths in your identity. Custom branding is a separate service quoted per item, and needs two to four weeks.
Which Toronto venues do you work at?
The MTCC and the Enercare Centre most often, plus regional shows across Ontario. Marshalling yards, move-in windows and shared loading docks are routine for us.
Can the attraction capture leads?
Yes. A photo activation with an email or text send captures a contact at the point of fun rather than at a clipboard, and a prize draw entry does the same. We can build the capture into the activity so your team is talking rather than typing.
What does a trade show traffic builder cost?
Our minimum order is $1,500 + HST, plus custom branding per item and staffing if you want it run for you. Tell us the booth size, the show and the number of days and we will quote against it.
Are you insured, and can you provide a certificate?
Yes. We carry a $5,000,000 liability policy and issue certificates of insurance to the show organiser or venue at no charge: exhibitor packages almost always require one.

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Reviews

What our clients say

We have ordered their games 3 times for our annual event. Always professional demeanor from staff, and easy process of booking & communication. We look forward to working with AbbeyRoad Entertainment next year.
Mariana D
From service, setup to the final photos – everything was a breeze with Abbey Road Entertainment. We used the Green Screen/ Animated GIF booth for our company launch and everyone loved it. Looking forward to using Abbey Road again soon!
Alyas Ali, Spacefy
Great and friendly service from staff. The quality of the products used was up to date, they followed the schedule as requested and the price was reasonable.
Mitzy, TC Media
Abbey Road as an absolute pleasure to work with. Not only do they offer unique entertainment products that will elevate an event’s fun factor, but their staff is incredibly helpful and easy to work with. I highly recommend their services.
Krista, Decor & More

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Trade Show Ideas in Toronto & the GTA

Trade show traffic builders and booth rentals

  • ★ Trusted since 2008
  • ★ 1,200+ events a year
  • ★ Delivered, set up & staffed
  • ★ Leading brands, agencies & Fortune 500
  • ★ In-house custom branding
  • ★ $5M insured

A trade show booth has about three seconds to interrupt someone walking past it. Abbey Road Entertainment supplies the trade show traffic builders that do it: branded arcade and giant games, prize wheels, money machines, claw machines, photo activations and interactive attractions, all wrapped in your identity by our in-house design and print team.

We supply trade show rentals across Toronto and the GTA and work regularly at the MTCC and the Enercare Centre, so exhibitor move-in windows, marshalling yards and shared docks are familiar ground. We are an attraction and rental supplier. We do not design or build booth structures.

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Aisles of people walk past who have no reason to stop at your booth yet. A traffic builder gives them one, and a good one does three things in order: interrupt the aisle, hold attention long enough for a real conversation, and leave your brand behind afterwards.

Trade show traffic builders that reliably stop people

A prize wheel from our Promotional and Trade Show Rentals is the cheapest and most dependable traffic builder there is: instant, obvious and social. A money machine or grab booth draws a crowd that other attendees join because a crowd is itself the attraction. A claw machine loaded with your product turns sampling into a game people queue for.

Branded Arcade Game Rentals hold someone for two or three minutes, which is exactly the window a rep needs to start a conversation. A basketball or high-striker challenge with a leaderboard brings people back to the booth on day two to beat their score.

Trade show booth rentals in Toronto, and the interactive event booth

We supply the contents of the booth, not the structure. Interactive attractions, branded games, Photo Booth Rentals, Event Decoration, signage and backdrops all come from us; walls, hanging signs and custom build come from your booth builder, and we work alongside them.

For an interactive event booth in Toronto, the rule we use is one attraction per ten feet of frontage. More than that and the aisle jams; fewer and the booth reads as a table with a banner.

Trade show activations

A trade show activation is a brand activation with a much shorter attention window and a stricter footprint. Everything is quoted against your booth dimensions, your power drop and the show's rules on noise, height and giveaways: those rules catch more exhibitors out than anything else, and we will ask about them before we quote.

Capturing the lead

The attraction is only half the job. Photo Booth Rentals with an email or text send capture a contact at the point of fun rather than at a clipboard, and a prize draw entry does the same. We can build the capture into the activity so your team is talking rather than typing.

Do you build the booth itself?

No. We supply what goes in it: attractions, branded games, photo activations, signage and backdrops. Structures, walls and hanging signs come from a booth builder, and we work alongside them regularly.

Which shows do you work?

The MTCC and the Enercare Centre most often, plus regional shows across Ontario. Marshalling yards, move-in windows and shared docks are normal for us.

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