From time to time, you may be contacted on CRA’s behalf. CRA will not share or sell your personal info to third parties for the purpose of marketing Unfortunately, we know that there are also “companies” out there that are not affiliated with CRA and looking to scam people. To help you avoid becoming part of a scam, we’re providing a list of vendors that may contact you on behalf of CRA. If you are unsure of any company that represents that they are authorized by CRA, please reach out to [email protected] with any information you have.
MultiView:
MultiView is authorized by CRA to sell ad space on the CRA website on behalf of CRA. The banner ads on our website are intended to be a place for our members and site visitors to view relevant industry advertisements. If you would like to be placed on their do not contact list, please email [email protected].
ConferenceDirect:
ConferenceDirect is CRA’s authorized conference management firm. They will only contact you on our behalf if you have reached out to us through our [email protected] or CRA staff directly about your hotel needs related to the CRA Annual Conference. In addition for the 2021 Virtual Conference, they are also providing assistance and technical support for the virtual platform.
Cvent Passkey™:
The Cherokee Convention Center uses a hotel booking platform called Cvent Passkey™ to ensure an easy process for attendees to reserve group rate rooms. The booking links on our site will direct you to our reservation page through Passkey. They will not contact you on our behalf to solicit room reservations. This is the only authorized hotel reservation site for the 2024 conference rooms at the Cherokee Convention Center.
Webex Events (formerly Socio):
Webex Events is the authorized mobile app provider for CRA. Webex will contact you if you’ve submitted a help request through our app, are a speaker at a conference, or are a CRA Annual Sponsor or Exhibitor that selected the Green Package on registration.
PRX:
PRX is the authorized exposition services vendor the CRA Annual Conference. You will only be contacted by them if your are a sponsor with a booth or an exhibitor at the Annual Conference. You will receive access to the shipping, set-up, and ordering profile approximately a month prior to the Annual Conference.
MapD/NextechAR:
MapD is the authorized interactive exhibit hall map provider. You will only be contacted by them if you are a sponsor with a booth or an exhibitor at the Annual Conference and request help or contact them through the Online Exhibit Hall Map portal.
SwapCard:
SwapCard was the official virtual platform provider for CRA 2021 Annual Conference. If you’ve registered for the conference, you will receive log-in credentials directly from the virtual platform via SwapCard.
CoreApps/Community Partners:
CoreApps is the FORMER authorized mobile app provider for CRA. CoreApps will contact you if you’ve submitted a help request through our app, are a speaker at a conference, or are a CRA Annual Sponsor or Exhibitor that selected the Green Package on registration. While this is no longer our official app, you may access previous conference information in this version.
Please be aware of common “list scams”
We have received several reports of third-party vendors attempting to sell information they claim to be CRA attendee data. This is fraudulent and a misrepresentation of information they may provide to those who fall victim to this fraud. In their communications, scammers often imply some sort of relationship with CRA and offer to sell attendee lists and other data. List brokers and data marketers attempt to sell fake attendee lists to shows’ exhibitors. This is a common scam that has affected the trade shows industry for many years. CRA DOES NOT sell or rent attendee information or its member data.
Please be aware that these scammers frequently change company names and “From” email addresses. We understand and identify with the frustration and inconvenience that these spammers cause. Please DO NOT respond to these emails or share financial information with any entity that is not included among our authorized vendors. Report them as spam/phishing and delete them.
Please be aware of common “hotel scams”
We have received several reports of third-party “vendors” attempting to solicit your booking for conference hotel rooms. This is fraudulent and CRA does not work with these parties. They’ve created fake hotel booking websites that may appear legitimate. They are attempting to scam you for your information and will not, nor are they authorized, actually book rooms at our conference hotel. These emails typically have typos, grammar errors, multiple email addresses in the email, multiple company names in the email, etc. The only way to secure your hotel room is directly through the booking links and information posted on our conference website and sent in emails directly from CRA. If you email hotels at cra-recycle.org, you may get a response from ConferenceDirect who is our authorized conference management firm.