Hotel reservations
It seems that nearly every year, we hear stories from show registrants that they have received communications from companies claiming they are doing business on behalf of NGWA/Groundwater Week regarding hotel reservations and the like.
These are scams! NGWA does not, and never has, provided registrant/attendee information to anyone other than Groundwater Week exhibitors and sponsors.
Here are a few things you can do in order not to be scammed.
- First, try to find their presence on the web by typing in the domain name from their email address into a browser and see what appears.
- Next, I always do a search on https://www.whois.com/. This will sometimes show you who owns the domain name.
- Lastly, look to see if they have any contact information (phone number or physical address listed in their email) or information regarding how to opt out of their emails. These are required for all commercial marketing messages by both the United States’ SPAM-ACT and Canada’s CAN-SPAM Act. All legitimate businesses list these in marketing messages.
If you do receive a scam, please let me know at devener@ngwa.org, so that I can update this page with the latest information.
Global Elite Travel and any other group trying to sell you a room
This group has sent emails in past years that stated they were accepting reservations for NGWA — National Ground Water Week.
There is no “official” independent group (such as Global Elite Travel) representing NGWA or any hotel with respect to Groundwater Week.
Those wishing to stay at the NGWA headquarters hotel should book directly through the hotel and indicate you are attending NGWA’s Groundwater Week 2023 event.
Other miscellaneous scammers
The following individuals/companies have been reported in the past to contacting Groundwater Week attendees or exhibitors. These companies and individuals are not affiliated with NGWA or Groundwater Week in any manner. (Note: This list is updated as additional companies are reported.)
- Global Elite Travel Group
- Demand Generation Exeuctive
- gdatalist.com
- Belinda Smith b.smith@gdatalist.com
- Cathy Russell cathy.russell@antonyandco.com
- Eric Levicoff eric.levicoff@newboatreviews.com
- Julie Jack julie.jack@attendeeconference.com
- Melissa Apaza melissa.apaza@refreshtechleads.com
- Claire Morris claire.morris@microtechnosys.com
- Sara Cooper sara.cooper@deltathoughts.com
- James Allan james.allan@eventsmailing.com
- Debbie Burton debbie.burton@bizzinfoleads.com
- Kate Parker marketing@tragetreachlist.com
- Natalie Portman natalie.portman@showleadz.com
- Jennifer Steven jennifer.stevens@infosoftlead.com
- Jennifer Perez jennifer.perez@tradeshowzsolutions.com
- Ryan Smith ryan@leadsforconversion.com
- Teresa Turner teresa.turner@exhibitorscentre.com
- Dayana Phillips dayana.phillips@showvisitosprofile.com
- Lucy Higham lucy.higham@getuniquecontact.com
- Cindy Baptiste cindy.baptiste@expos-care.com
- Cathy Brown cathy@promediasoln.com