Trade-show lead capture

Scan the card. Log the lead.
Keep the follow-up.

At WTM, ITB, Indaba or ILTM, RepBud scans a business card and files it straight into that contact's ongoing history — with an auto follow-up from the note you made on the stand. Offline-first, built for the travel trade, so three days of meetings are logged by the time you land.

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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 actually matters after a trade show: it reads the card, matches the person to your existing contact book, links them to the right company, and files the meeting into that relationship's ongoing history — with an auto follow-up drawn from the note you made on the stand.

It is offline-first, because show floors have terrible signal. Capture keeps working in a packed hall and syncs when you are back on wifi, so you are not losing leads to a dropped connection between the coffee stand and the seminar room.

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 queued

1

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.

2

Add a line of context

Speak or type a quick note while the conversation is fresh — what they asked about, what you promised. It becomes part of the record.

3

RepBud matches and files it

The contact is matched to your existing book, linked to the right company, and filed into that relationship's ongoing history — an existing contact is updated, not duplicated.

4

An auto follow-up is queued

RepBud pulls the commitment out of your note and sets a follow-up task, so the promise you made on the floor does not become a card in a drawer.

5

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.

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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, matches the contact to your existing book, links the company, and files it into that relationship's ongoing history with an auto follow-up. It is built for the travel trade rather than being a generic scanner.

Does it work offline on a busy show floor?+

Yes. RepBud captures cards, notes and photos offline and syncs the moment connectivity returns — so a weak signal in a packed hall does not cost you a lead. You can work the whole floor without worrying about coverage.

What happens after the show — does it just dump contacts in a list?+

No. Each scan is filed into the contact's relationship history, not a flat export, and any commitment in your note becomes a follow-up task. So instead of a spreadsheet of names you cannot place, you land with a set of logged conversations and the next steps already queued.

Will it duplicate a contact I already have?+

RepBud matches each scanned card against your existing contacts with fuzzy matching, so meeting someone you already know updates the existing record rather than creating a second one. You stay in control of each match.

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. Meeting prep assembles what you already know about a contact — past conversations, open follow-ups and relationship gaps — before you reach the booth, so the conversation on the floor picks up where the last one left off.

Land from the show already logged

Begin a 14-day complimentary stay before your next trade show and work the floor with each lead captured. No credit card required.

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