Scan the card. Log the lead.
Keep the follow-up.
At WTM, ITB, Indaba or ILTM, RepBud scans a business card into your contacts, and a Field Log note about the conversation files to that contact, with the follow-ups on The Trail. Built for the travel trade, so three days of meetings can be logged by the time you land.
WTM, ITB and Indaba are travel-trade events organised by their respective owners, not affiliated with RepBud.
More than a scanner — it files the relationship
A plain business-card scanner gives you a photo and some text. RepBud does the part that matters after a trade show: it reads the card, checks whether the person is already in your contact book, and links them to the right company. The note you make on the stand goes in the Field Log against that contact, and the follow-ups drawn from it wait in The Lantern for you to approve.
Capture needs a connection, and show floors often have poor signal. Where the hall is too busy for a scan to go through, photograph the card with your camera and log it once you are back on Wi-Fi.
And it is built for the travel trade specifically — WTM London, ITB Berlin, Africa's Travel Indaba, ILTM and the workshops and roadshows in between — so the way it captures a meeting fits how the trade actually works. RepBud is designed to assist, not replace, your professional judgement.
How it works
From a card on the stand to a follow-up you approve
Scan the card on the stand
Photograph the business card at the booth. RepBud reads the name, company, role and contact details intelligently — no typing, no separate app to open.
Check it against your book
Before you save, RepBud checks your contacts for the same first name and tells you if someone with the same first and last name is already there. Saving adds any missing details to that record rather than creating a second one.
Log the conversation in the Field Log
Speak or type a quick note while the conversation is fresh — what they asked about, what you promised. RepBud picks out the person, the company and the follow-ups from the note.
Approve the follow-ups in The Lantern
The follow-ups drawn from your note wait in The Lantern for you to approve, so the promise you made on the floor does not become a card in a drawer.
Clear the pile the same week
Because capture happened in the moment, three days of meetings are already logged when you land — the post-show follow-up is a review, not a reconstruction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Capturing leads at a trade show
What app scans business cards and logs leads at travel trade shows?+
RepBud. At a travel trade show like WTM London, ITB Berlin, Africa's Travel Indaba or ILTM, you photograph a card on the stand and RepBud reads it into your contacts, checking first whether that person is already in your book. A Field Log note about the conversation then files to that contact, with the follow-ups on The Trail. It is built for the travel trade rather than being a generic scanner.
Does it work offline on a busy show floor?+
No — capture needs a connection. Reading a card and saving a note both happen on RepBud's servers, so on a weak show floor, photograph the card with your camera and log it once you are back on Wi-Fi.
What happens after the show — does it just dump contacts in a list?+
No. Each card becomes a contact in your book, linked to their company, and each Field Log note you make about the conversation is matched to that contact. The follow-ups drawn from your notes wait in The Lantern for you to approve, so instead of a spreadsheet of names you cannot place, you land with logged conversations and next steps to review.
Will it duplicate a contact I already have?+
Before you save a scanned card, RepBud checks your contacts for the same first name and warns you when someone with the same first and last name is already there. Saving then adds any missing details — email, phone, job title, company — to that existing record rather than creating a second one.
Which trade shows does this suit?+
Any travel-trade event — WTM London, ITB Berlin, Arabian Travel Market, Africa's Travel Indaba, ILTM Cannes, FITUR and the smaller roadshows, workshops and fam trips in between. RepBud also keeps a directory of travel-trade events so you can prep the meeting list before you arrive.
Can I prepare before the show, not just capture during it?+
Yes. Tap Meeting prep on a contact before you reach the booth and RepBud assembles what you already know about them — past conversations, open follow-ups and relationship gaps — so the conversation on the floor picks up where the last one left off.
Land from the show already logged
Start free on Economy — no card needed. Card scanning comes with a paid plan, which you can try free for 14 days before your next show.
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