Exhibit Formats
Dimensions, freight counts, install times, and custom-vs-rental pricing for the booth formats we build in Miami.
Exhibit formats
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Inline Booth Displays decisions center on one-face presentation, with aisle-edge visibility shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Island Exhibit Booths decisions center on full-side visibility, with readability from every approach shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Modular Trade Show Booths decisions center on travel-friendly systems, with repeatable structure shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Portable Trade Show Displays decisions center on compact presentation without heavy labor, with lightweight hardware and easy packing shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Custom Exhibit Booths decisions center on signature architecture, with repeatable brand identity shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Double-Deck Exhibits decisions center on upper-level visibility, with structural complexity shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Rental Exhibit Booths decisions center on a polished look without storage burdens, with flexibility for changing calendars shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Conference Booth Displays decisions center on a restrained footprint, with conversation-first layout shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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10x10 Trade Show Booths decisions center on one message read from the aisle, with a back wall that carries the brand shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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10x20 Trade Show Booths decisions center on a semi-private meeting corner, with twenty feet of graphic back wall shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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20x20 Trade Show Booths decisions center on open traffic flow through the center, with rigging and labor planned early shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Backlit & LED Displays decisions center on content sized and tested before show day, with even, edge-to-edge backlighting shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Banner Stands & Retractable Displays decisions center on setup in minutes by one person, with a graphic that stays flat and true shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Table Top Displays & Throws decisions center on a throw that fits the table cleanly, with color that matches across pieces shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
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Backwall & Backdrop Displays decisions center on a frame that travels and rebuilds true, with even lighting with no hot spots shaping graphics, freight, and install timing.
Inline, peninsula, island, double-deck, kiosk, lightbox — the booth type decides your budget, your freight, and how long install takes. A 20x20 island with a hanging sign is a very different project from a 10x20 inline with pop-up graphics, even if both cost about the same on paper.
Each booth-type section below covers the footprint dimensions we see most in Miami, typical install time, freight volume, the graphics real estate you actually get, and the budget range for custom versus rental versions.
If you already know your space assignment — 10x10, 20x30, whatever it is — pick the matching booth type section and you'll have a cleaner conversation with us when you hit contact.
Inline, peninsula, island, kiosk, lightbox, and double-deck footprints create different sightlines, freight loads, install windows, and show-service orders.
Those physical tradeoffs keep a 10x20 inline, a 20x20 island, and a double-deck exhibit from being priced or planned like the same project.
The building matters more than almost anything else in a trade show plan. A few Miami venues carry most of the calendar.
The right building depends on the show: a consumer expo wants open aisles and broad traffic flow; a corporate conference wants controlled breakout space; a brand activation wants a venue that can carry scenic and production without fighting the architecture.
Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel & Executive Meeting Center. A state-of-the-art business class hotel and IACC approved Executive Meeting Center located close to the Miami International Airport and adjacent to Melreese Golf Club.
DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport & Convention Center: stay at DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport Convention Center to take care of business or pleasure and enjoy this advantageous location situated in central the Greater Miami Area.
Who handles what during the Miami install window for Booth Types is where booth formats for miami trade shows gets translated into schedule, budget, and show-floor responsibilities before the booth reaches the dock.
Practically, that means pulling the current exhibitor manual for every show and confirming a handful of items in writing: which tasks the venue's house crews cover, which tasks the show's general contractor covers, and what an exhibitor or their appointed contractor can handle without escalation.
Miami and Broward, house services, and outside-vendor access as venue-manual-driven. Convention centers, airport facilities, resort campuses, and nightlife-oriented event venues do not share one defensible blanket labor rule.
Planner questions
Yes. The Miami Convention Center in Downtown Miami hosts a variety of events throughout the year, from business conferences to music festivals. The center is made up of two adjoining buildings: the Miami Convention Center and the James L. Knight Center. Projects at that building are planned against its specific floor rules.
It runs venue by venue. Miami and Broward, house services, and outside-vendor access as venue-manual-driven. Convention centers, airport facilities, resort campuses, and nightlife-oriented event venues do not share one defensible blanket labor rule. Other Miami venues have their own published rules, and the plan matches the specific building.
For Booth Types, custom fabrication still needs 16 to 20 weeks when structure, approvals, or specialty finishes are involved. Rental, graphics-only, and labor-only scopes can move faster when the venue rules and inventory are already clear.
Booth Types quoting starts with the show name, venue, booth number, dates, and target budget. Add any exhibitor-kit deadline or floor-plan constraint so the first estimate reflects the real show.
For Booth Types, one named lead owns the install sequence, open-items list, floor communication, and strike notes so the issue history does not reset at each handoff.
Booth Types can be planned for reuse when the footprint, graphics rotation, and crate plan are known early. We separate reusable structure from one-off scenic so next-show costs are visible.
The show-site lead triages booth types issues first, handles small fixes in place, and escalates larger items through the venue service desk or production team before they become show-floor problems.
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Share your space assignment and show dates. We'll quote both a custom and a rental version so you can compare honestly.