Principal Hall II: the twin hall where sector summits run and mid-cap AGMs that don't fit a hotel finally get a home
Principal Hall II is the parallel hall to Principal Hall I: 320 horseshoe seats, two-level stage, 9-metre LED screen, simultaneous-translation booth for three languages, one protocol dressing room, coffee-break foyer with a view onto the side garden, shared load-in dock with the principal hall. This is where the chambers and coordinator councils (CONCAMIN, CONCANACO, CCE, COMCE) hold their annual summits, where S&P/BMV IPC Medium Cap issuers hold their AGMs, where family businesses that just crossed the MXN $5,000M revenue line launch their next chapter, where the Afores run their investment forums, and where investment banks run their sector roadshows. What defines Principal Hall II is not the staging scale (more sober than Principal Hall I), but the audience mix: 250 SME owners attend a commerce summit in the morning, 180 analysts and journalists attend an investor day by noon, and 80 group chairmen sit through a strategy retreat by evening. The merch at Principal Hall II has to be versatile, multi-purpose, and able to shift tone quickly.
Merch packages for Principal Hall II
Staff merch
Uniforms for corporate staff, the organizing chamber or council's team, and the complex's service staff. Light-blue or white Oxford shirt, corporate vest with pockets, photo-and-name badge with the event badge, cap with the crest. Professionally pressed, delivered to back-of-house 90 minutes before doors open.Exhibitor hospitality
Production of 12 to 40 pieces for the invited SME owners, the premium sponsors, and the coordinator-council presidents. Wooden box with the summit's isotype, coaster with the anniversary year, ceramic mug with the corporate crest, calligraphed card with the guest's name. Delivered to the driver or at the protocol desk with the lead's signature.Speaker recognition
Production of 6 to 18 pieces for the headline speakers, the international keynoters, and the expert-panel members. Engraved plaque with the speaker's name and the summit edition, signed book from the invited author (when applicable), box with the recognition and event memorabilia, hand-calligraphed diploma from the chair of the coordinator council. Delivered to the principal dressing room with a protocol photo.Principal Hall II logistics, access, and custody
Principal Hall II runs on a single shared dock with Principal Hall I: the central dock takes a 12-ton trailer on a restricted schedule, and the 3.5-ton box truck has its own ramp on the west side. The pedestrian service entrance requires pre-registered ID, complex badge, and logbook signature. The complex's ops staff hand off POP material and delegate kits with visible ID and badge. The back-of-house of Principal Hall II has two zones: the press room (where the speaker kit is staged) and the protocol warehouse (where the rest of the merch sits in sealed organizer-stamped boxes). Principal Hall II has no dedicated dressing room: speakers use the shared dressing room at Principal Hall I, and the speaker kit delivery is coordinated with the complex's head of operations.
For summits with international delegations (typically from the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia), we handle USD invoicing at the Banco de México FIX rate from the day before, with USMCA compliance and supporting documentation for deductibility as a Public Relations or Foreign Trade expense. For summits with public officials, diplomatic corps, or guests with escorts, we handle compliance with the complex security protocol and the Policía Bancaria e Industrial when applicable. The custody chain is documented with signature, time, and photo at every control point: dock entry, ops inspection, transit to back-of-house, intermission restock, post-event pickup.
For organizers with IMMEX operations or export plants, we issue complementary SAT CFDI 4.0 invoicing with the 16% IVA breakdown and supporting documentation for deductibility as Public Relations or Training. For chambers and coordinator councils with guild operations, we invoice under the guild-activities regime. For sector roadshows, we issue bilingual (es/en) invoicing with USMCA compliance when the delegate kit crosses the border as part of the institutional-investor outreach material for the foreign-resident institutional investor.
Confidentiality, Principal Hall II compliance, and prohibitions
Principal Hall II has operating rules that the merch must respect: no mobile phones in the hall during the headline keynotes, no merch with elements that produce noise or distraction, no backpacks or large bags in the hall, no POP material with third-party logos (a frequent request from lead sponsors), no food or drinks outside the complex catering service. For sessions requiring limited-edition merch (numbered anniversary tee from the chamber, signed book from the keynote speaker, coaster with the summit year), we coordinate with the complex's ops team so the piece satisfies the security protocol, the press protocol, and the transmission protocol (when the summit is internal and not recorded).
For sessions with economic-press coverage (post-summit press conference, sector results presentation, chamber annual report reveal), we handle compliance with the organizer and complex press protocols, with pieces that carry no third-party logos or are digitally masked when the corporate manual requires it. For sessions with internal transmission to the group's plants (Bajío-, Monterrey-, or Saltillo-transmitted summits), we handle compliance with the corporate transmission protocol, with pieces visible on screen and pieces concealed from the transmission. For events live-streamed abroad (videocall with investors in London, NY, or Frankfurt), we handle time-zone compliance and shipping of pieces to the international houses two weeks in advance.
For SAT invoicing, we issue CFDI 4.0 with the 16% IVA breakdown and supporting documentation for deductibility as Public Relations, Training, or Foreign Trade, depending on how the merch is used. For organizers with IMMEX or US operations, we issue complementary USD or EUR invoicing with USMCA compliance support when the merch crosses the border as part of the institutional-outreach material. The merch ships with carta porte 3.0 when interstate or international transit applies, with the foreign-trade complement when applicable, and with the payments complement when the organizer pays in instalments. Delivery to back-of-house is documented with an entry slip signed by the complex's head of operations and the organizer's logistics lead.
MOQ, costs, and Principal Hall II reservations
Delegate kit — from MXN $1,150 before VAT per piece on a 200-run. Staff merch — from MXN $2,950 before VAT per person on a 40-run. Exhibitor hospitality — from MXN $7,800 before VAT per piece on a 16-run. Speaker recognition — from MXN $1,650 before VAT per piece on a 12-run. The costs do not include the Principal Hall II rental, which is quoted directly by the complex's events team depending on day, schedule, technical staging, and add-on services (catering, wine cellar, table service, AV equipment, service staff, transmission).
For summits on high-demand dates (chamber annual assemblies, bank investor days, mid-cap launches tied to production dates), we calendar-block with 90 days' notice and a firm written commitment. For summits on low-demand dates, we block with 45 days' notice. Express production under 21 days incurs a +35% curation and dispatch surcharge. The reservation is made with a 14-point brief: summit date, summit type, attendee count, pieces per package, organizer brand manual, corporate color palette, complex press protocol, transmission compliance, load-in logistics, post-summit donation, SAT invoicing, and USMCA compliance when the merch crosses the border.
Principal Hall II frequently asked questions
Can you deliver the delegate kit grouped by delegation?
Yes — we deliver the kit grouped by delegation, chamber, or sector, with a delivery slip per registration desk. The custody chain is documented with each desk lead's signature and held in a sealed envelope for the full day, returned at the close of the summit.
Can you handle the merch for summits that recur every year?
Yes — we run annual programming with the same brand manual, scaling the run to match the summit agenda and special guests (international delegations, guild observers, external auditors). Coordination with the chamber's executive secretariat for the editorial curation of the delegate kit.
Can you invoice the merch as a training or public-relations expense?
Yes — we issue CFDI 4.0 to the SAT with the 16% IVA breakdown and supporting documentation for deductibility as Training, Public Relations, or Foreign Trade, depending on how the merch is used. For chambers with guild operations, we issue complementary invoicing under the guild-activities regime.
Is Corp-Merch an official partner of Principal Hall II?
No. Corp-Merch.MX is an independent workshop for merch curation, production, and logistics for summits, forums, and AGMs at Principal Hall II and other CDMX venues. Principal Hall II is mentioned for descriptive purposes only.
Request a quote for Principal Hall II merch
Tell us the summit date, the summit type, the attendee count, the pieces per package, the organizer brand manual, the corporate color palette (when applicable), the complex press protocol, the transmission compliance, the load-in logistics, and the SAT invoicing. We reply with a package-by-package quote, a curation proposal, and a digital mock-up within 24 to 48 business hours.
Corp-Merch.MX is an independent workshop for merch curation, production, and logistics for summits, forums, and AGMs at Principal Hall II and other CDMX venues. We are not a partner, sponsor, or official supplier of Principal Hall II, nor of the complexes, chambers, or corporates mentioned on this page. The figures, venues, and suppliers mentioned are sector references and are included for descriptive purposes only.