Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for Cater+Event (formerly Catersource + The Special Event) 2027 — locally sourced in New Orleans, trained before the doors open, and managed on-site. (Almost) instant quotes.
Cater+Event fills the New Orleans convention center with catering, rental, décor, and event-service exhibitors alongside education and live demonstrations, and the people walking the aisles are caterers, planners, producers, and venue operators with limited time and a full floor to work. A strong product still loses if the booth feels unattended, the demo stalls, or the planner leaves without being captured. When your founders and sales leads are deep with one important account, every other buyer drifting past is a booking you came to win. The four roles below each solve a different part of running a high-touch catering-and-events booth at scale.
Cater+Event fills the New Orleans convention center with catering, rental, décor, and event-service exhibitors alongside education and live demonstrations, and the people walking the aisles are caterers, planners, producers, and venue operators with limited time and a full floor to work. A strong product still loses if the booth feels unattended, the demo stalls, or the planner leaves without being captured
Cater+Event trade show models keep your booth warm and moving so no caterer, planner, or venue operator drifts past an unattended table or demo. Our trade show models work the front of the booth on the New Orleans show floor — greeting attendees, handing over samples, keeping demo lines flowing, and qualifying who's a serious account versus a browser before passing real prospects to your team. They're briefed on your product, its story, and your ideal buyer, and because they're sourced in New Orleans you skip the airfare, hotels, and per-diems show week piles on. The outcome: a booth that feels hosted, not chaotic, and more catering and event pros actually engaging with your line. See our trade show models service.
Cater+Event promotional models pull attendees in and turn a busy aisle into a full demo station — the way you stand out when the whole floor is courting the same caterers and planners. Our promotional models gather the right catering and event buyers to your booth, run sample rounds and giveaways, hand out literature and sell sheets, and hold the energy through long show days so the table never looks empty. Each is briefed on your product and the one action you want every visitor to take — book a follow-up, take a sell sheet, scan in. The outcome: higher booth traffic from the surrounding aisles, captured as qualified leads instead of walking to the next exhibitor. See our promotional models service.
Cater+Event brand ambassadors embody your food, rental, or event-services brand to the caterers, planners, producers, and venue operators who decide what goes into their events. Our brand ambassadors are trained on your story, product, and talking points so they represent the brand consistently — telling it the way a founder would, guiding buyers through a tasting or demo, and keeping the message on point across all four days. For a launch or a category push, they carry the brand from the booth to the networking and awards events around the show. The outcome they serve: recall and warmth with the catering and event professionals who can place an order. See our brand ambassadors service.
As your Cater+Event event staffing partner, TSM Agency fields the full booth team for a catering-and-events floor: product demonstrators who run clean, food-safe in-booth sampling and demos; hosts and crowd gatherers who keep lines moving; lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik, and Bartizan so every caterer, planner, and operator is scanned and tagged correctly in real time; presenters for in-booth pitches; bilingual talent for the show's diverse audience; and a team lead to run demo flow, breaks, and restocking across all four days. One account executive scopes the mix to your booth size and goals and manages the team on-site — talent works through show close each day, never an early walk-off. The outcome: a booth that's professionally hosted open-to-close and a clean, complete lead list. See our event staffing service.
92% of trade show attendees come specifically to see new products — primed to engage at your booth, if someone engages them first.
Source — CEIRA booth that's professionally staffed open-to-close at Cater+Event (formerly Catersource + The Special Event) — and a clean lead list when the show ends.
A woman-owned talent agency co-founded by Caryn Hanna, a former professional model.
More than 20 years of trade show and event staffing experience.
More than 2,000 trade shows, conventions, and promotional events staffed across the United States.
Over 2,000 experienced trade show models, brand ambassadors, and promotional staff across 25+ U.S. cities.
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A member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global community of meeting and event professionals.
Fully insured with $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate general liability. Certificates of insurance available on request.
Local talent in every major U.S. convention city, eliminating travel expenses, with staff who know the venue.
Three steps to a fully staffed Cater+Event (formerly Catersource + The Special Event) booth.
We have Cater+Event (formerly Catersource + The Special Event) 2027 on file — venue, dates and roles are pre-filled, so you just pick your team and send. Your account executive replies fast with pricing and hand-picked talent.
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