CABDA Expo provides media credentials to cover its shows to legitimate members of the working press. All applications for a media credential are reviewed by show management and they reserve the right to deny media credentials to any applicant.

Working journalists in print, broadcast, and digital media on assignment for established publications and media outlets. This includes reporters, columnists, podcast hosts, product reviewers, photographers, and editors who have been assigned to cover one or more CABDA events.

Friends and family of journalists; sales, marketing, and advertising executives and other non-editorial media staff; film companies not on assignment; freelance photographers not specifically assigned to cover this event; company presidents, industry consultants, public relations account managers, writers for company newsletters and websites, and those who are not working journalists.

Advertising sales representatives selling advertising, publishers, producers, marketing staff of qualified media outlets will not be admitted to the show as Working Media but can apply to purchase a Media Sales badge for $500 per badge. Promotion companies, Social Media agencies, Marketing or PR agencies and Advertising/Branding agencies also will not be admitted to the show under any circumstances without exhibiting.