blueyesopn Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 if there are cigar conventions, and wine conventions, is there a hookah convention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racemyghost Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 that would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboyle Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 do you want to start one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomhauer Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 one of the chats on hookahforumchat where to start an international meetup between everyone on the boards then convert it to a convention after a year or two of solid numbers of people but it tanked when i asked for an international meetup and only a couple people said they would come, rest said no due to money or thinking it was dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 That would be pretty tight but hard to organize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboyle Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 well, you'd have to get a solid national meet first. The only issue would be that you can't really have conventions for smoking at a convention center, depending on the smoking laws in the state. Unless we did it at like.. a major hookah bar.I won't make suggestions, but possibilities exist Even before national meets, you'd need regional meets.If there were three major regional meet ups, then we could consider a national. Once a few national meets were started, it would become a convention on its own and people would come in internationally anyway. But this is me speaking from a US perspective. I'm sure the same thing could get started outside of the US.But thats how it'd have to work. gradually larger and larger meets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomhauer Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 similar to what was said. another thing was to make it not feel like other countrys where left out it would switch countries every year or two. while this would be more of a pain for people to setup stuff i see in hindsight it may just be easier to set up international ones by the same ones. Hookahcon '08!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyesopn Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 QUOTE (pboyle @ Aug 10 2007, 02:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>well, you'd have to get a solid national meet first. The only issue would be that you can't really have conventions for smoking at a convention center, depending on the smoking laws in the state. Unless we did it at like.. a major hookah bar.I won't make suggestions, but possibilities exist Even before national meets, you'd need regional meets.If there were three major regional meet ups, then we could consider a national. Once a few national meets were started, it would become a convention on its own and people would come in internationally anyway. But this is me speaking from a US perspective. I'm sure the same thing could get started outside of the US.But thats how it'd have to work. gradually larger and larger meetsi already talked about some thing like this withmy boss, and he said he would hevaly discount such a meeting in his bar, for reganal a meeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboyle Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 And what, may I ask, is your region? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomhauer Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 he is from denton, which has to be Denton, Texas so 2 states away from myself and a long ass drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 (edited) Denton, Denton you've got no pretension, where the heart is, you're OK. Denton, Denton, I'd just like to mention...We could do it in San Diego, we would get a large support from the business community, since there are about 15 lounges out here. I would gladly put everyone up...in my lounge...for the get-together. That took me three editrs to get right. No I misspelled edits. Next! Edited August 10, 2007 by Sonthert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestormakhno Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 My father mentioned something about a hookah convention. But I think he was talking about retailers/wholesalers only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Regionals? You guys are making this sound like Beerfest. Let's call it HookahFest. I'll be the fat guy. Who wants to be the token Indian funny man? I'd go, if I could afford it. And Didn't have to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicayotte Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I say if we do it, it should be in Chicago, centralized location in the US and for people flying it, it has O'Hare Airport which is very popular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomhauer Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 only if we got someone from chicago to show all the places to eat. when i travel its not to screw around. its to eat all i can *drool* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 lol, im not going out of cali for a hookah convention... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyesopn Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 hence reganal conventionsbreak it down into 3,calli, texas, newyork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookahlife Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 QUOTE (boomhauer @ Aug 10 2007, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>only if we got someone from chicago to show all the places to eat. when i travel its not to screw around. its to eat all i can *drool*Hey Boom, We'll show you around. Maybe even smoke a little in Millenium Park -Eugene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicayotte Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I'm gonna start a topic for where people would like to hold it if it comes down to it Please vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allia22 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 QUOTE (boomhauer @ Aug 10 2007, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>only if we got someone from chicago to show all the places to eat. when i travel its not to screw around. its to eat all i can *drool*Giordano's is all you need to know for pizza. Their stuffed crust is pretty much a mouthful of cheese! *swoon* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeSearchOff Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 people are talking about regional meets like its a hard thing to do. to my knowledge, there have already been well attended, well organized regional meets, right? I think hookahcon would be great, but organizing would be a nightmare. if someone put us up at a hookahbar for 2 or 3 days that would make it easier i guess, but arent conventions supposed to be like, showing off new shit and such? if your talking national meet, everyone road tripping to texas or whatever wouldnt be too bad. but as far as conventions, we'd need more businesses than just Tangiers to support it and show of "new goods". Yeah, tangiers new flavors would make any hookah lover drool, but conventions are collections of businesses showing their products to the consumers. I.E., we'd need to get a rep from say, MNH, Hookah-Life, PYH (im sure these 3 would be more than willing), and then from larger companies like Hookah Company, Hookah-Shisha, Social-Smoke, Al Fakher, etc, with booths testing out their new lines of hookahs, or showing off the great Nammor hose, etc. not to mention funding of such an even would be crazy.as for now, I think we're all thinking way over our heads. maybe like someone suggested before, a few years of just national/international meets before we try to organize a hookahcon, but I don't know...p.s. i'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer or anything, or rain on everyone's parade, I'm just being a realist. I'm all for a hookahcon, I just don't know how it would happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I'm pretty sure I could get: Hookah Company, Fumari and assorted other L.A. people down...L.A. is one of the biggest hookah outposts in the country and San Diego is kinda the birthplace of the crossover to non-ethnic America. Also, all the under 21 people could go to Tijuana for drinking purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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