On the move

Continued from page 1 years, and Atlanta representatives will be on hand at the 2024 Convention in Dallas to provide information about the convention center and city.

Conor Harrison, DSC’s communications director, said the response to the changes have been 90-percent positive under the circumstances. Negative comments primarily addressed the move away from Texas and the Dallas area, with some Texas exhibitors saying they would not be making the trip.

“For the international exhibitors, the relative ease of travel into Atlanta was a positive,” Harrison said.

Schalk Pienaar, of Schalk Pienaar Safaris Namibia, said most outfitters prefer Dallas, “but I guess Atlanta is easy to fly in and out of.”

Pienaar said the concerns are over the potential for fewer attendees, with lower numbers of the locals who come to the show over the weekend.

“But, on the other hand, it will probably attract a new component, too,” he said.

Harrison said DSC plans to engage in an extensive marketing campaign leading up to the 2025 show in the Atlanta area, as