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Contact: Daniel Hagan
Phone: 215-953-3773
Email: dhagan@sms-team.com
10 Distributors Win $30,000 in Prizes at The ASI Show Chicago,
Including the Ultimate Prize — A Two-Year Lease on a BMW Z4 Roadster
TREVOSE, PA — (August 10, 2006) — Ten lucky attendees were awarded $30,000 in prizes in the “Passport to Winnings” contest at the eighth annual ASI Show Chicago held July 11-13 at McCormick Place. Chosen from hundreds of entries received at the show, distributors won prizes that included trips to the 2007 ASI Show Las Vegas, a Plasma TV, a Year’s Worth of Gas, Apple iPod Nanos, Digital Cameras and the Ultimate Prize — a two-year lease on a 2006 BMW Z4 Roadster. This year’s ASI Chicago attracted 4,404 distributors from across the country, representing over $4 billion in industry sales, and over 800 suppliers.
“The Passport to Winnings is one of our most popular programs for both attendees and exhibitors, and it continues to grow and gain excitement each year,” said Matthew Cohn, president of The ASI Show. “Throughout the year, participating suppliers and attendees tell me how much they enjoy and appreciate the program, which is very rewarding to hear. I am extremely happy with how this year’s program went and the fact that we were able to give out many great prizes, including the BMW Z4 Roadster as the Ultimate Prize. I’m already looking forward to next year’s shows so we can continue this exciting program.”
The 2006 Ultimate Prize of a two-year lease on a BMW Z4 Roadster was announced at The ASI Show Chicago and was awarded to Norman Kondik of Kondik Advertising and Printing, asi/244800. The Ultimate Prize winner was chosen from all non-winning Passport entries submitted during the five 2006 ASI Shows (in Orlando, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Chicago) as well as all Passport entries from the all-new Advantages Roadshow.
In Chicago, the Grand Prize — choice between a 42” Plasma TV or a Year’s Worth of Gas — went to Rich Lechman of Mountain States Specialties, asi/277946. The two winners of the First Prize, the Ultimate Office featuring ESP Online, were Mary Manes from M&M Promotions, asi/258035 and Lisa Marks of On Your Marks, asi/287663. Four winners received the Second Prize, a trip to the 2007 ASI Show Las Vegas: Charlotte Dunlap of Incentives Unlimited, asi/230871; Sean Sciortino from Franken Stitch Embroidery, asi/197717; Judith Nelson of Continental Specialty, asi/167760 and Daniel Schmidt from Factory Direct Plus, asi/191377. Two Third Prize winners — Terry Bogdan from North American Corp., asi/284633 and Mike Wenckus from Safeguard, asi/316203 — were able to choose between an Apple iPod Nano and a Digital Camera as their prize.
In total, The ASI Show Passport program awarded prizes to 46 lucky winners in 2006 — including the Ultimate Prize, a two-year lease on a 2006 BMW Z4 Roadster!
The 2007 ASI Shows
The ASI Shows in 2007 are: January 18-20 (Education Jan. 18) in Orlando; February 7-9 (Education Feb. 7) in Dallas; March 19-21 (Education March 19) in Las Vegas; May 3-5 (Education May 3) in Philadelphia and July 10-12 (Education July 10) in Chicago. Plus, the Advantages Roadshow, ASI’s official traveling show and the best-attended traveling show in the industry, will be visiting nearly 60 top cities throughout the country.
About The ASI Show
The ASI Show was created for active ASI member distributors and suppliers and attracts more distributors than any other industry shows — with over 25,000 attendees. Offering a full education conference, networking opportunities and a manageable one floor/one hall show floor layout, The ASI Show provides a complete trade show experience. In five host cities per year (Orlando, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Chicago), The ASI Show has experienced steadily growing attendance since its inception in 1998, and is ideal for promotional product businesses searching for new ideas, new business relationships and more.
The ASI Show launched the Advantages Roadshow in January 2006, an all-new traveling show that provides opportunities for professionals in the ad specialty/promotional products industry to meet and conduct business on a local level. With its initial 12-week, 60-city tour, completed to date, over 9,000 distributors have attended the Advantages Roadshow — making it the best-attended traveling show in the industry. The Advantages Roadshow will be traveling in the fall of 2006 to California, September 11-15; the Northeast, September 25-29 and the Midwest, October 9-13
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